1841
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le Mendiant a domicile is a 1841 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in old-fashioned clothes, leaning on a doorframe. He’s holding a hat in one hand and a small object—maybe a coin or key—in the other. His face looks tired, and he’s wearing a long coat with a bag slung over his shoulder. The room behind him is plain, with a chair and simple furniture. Notice how the artist used quick, rough lines to show movement and emotion. The drawing feels urgent, like the man is caught in a moment of struggle. Want to see more like this? Check out lithography.
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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