1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Quand le crime ne donne pas is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, depicting Playing Card, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a dark and moody scene in this lithograph. It's a somber image with a lot of shadows. The lithograph is interesting because it shows Daumier's ability to tell a story with simple scenes, and this one seems to be about a serious event, possibly a crime, which is hinted at by the title "Quand le crime ne donne pas". You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique: 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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