1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le Rajeunissement du Constitutionnel is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A person kneels by a giant, cracked globe labeled "Constitutionnel." They’re holding a book, looking up at the globe like they’re trying to fix it. Inside the globe is a smaller figure wearing a crown, slumped over. The scene looks dark and dramatic, with heavy shadows and rough lines. The title hints this is a joke about making something old feel new again. The globe’s cracks and the slumped figure inside suggest something broken or failing. Want to know more? Check out lithography to see how this print was made.
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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