1849
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Jean Charles Besnard is a 1849 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in a tall top hat and a long coat. His face looks serious, almost grumpy. Behind him, you can barely see a window with a cake inside. The artist drew this using a technique that lets you make many copies easily. It’s just one of many portraits he made of people from his time. Check out more by Daumier, Honoré.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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