1834
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Très hauts et très puissans moutards et moutardes légitimes is a 1834 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows four people in a room. A man in a fancy uniform and crown sits tall on a horse, holding a sword. To his left, a woman in a long dress and crown stands stiffly. On the right, another woman in a fancy dress kneels, holding a baby. Below them, a man in old clothes is crawling on the floor, looking up with his hands clasped. The title at the bottom is a funny phrase in French—it means "Very high and very powerful mustards and mustardesses, legitimate." The artist made this to poke fun at people who act like royalty. Next, check out how lithography works.
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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