1840
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
La patience est la vertu des ânes is a 1840 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two men stand in a room. One man holds a big box and papers. The other man hides behind a huge camera on a tripod. The scene feels ordinary but looks funny. Daumier made this as a lithograph in 1840. He poked fun at people using new tech like cameras. The title means “Patience is the virtue of donkeys” in French. This feels like a snapshot of daily life long ago. Check out more 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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