1840
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
La plainte en adultère is a 1840 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a courtroom scene from the 1800s. A man stands at a desk, talking to three judges in robes. The judges look serious, their faces full of judgment. Daumier made this during a time when French courts were in the news a lot. He often drew lawyers and judges to show how the legal system worked—and who it worked against. It’s a great example of lithography, a printing method that lets artists make many copies fast. Try Daumier, Honoré next.
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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