1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Un Hommage filial is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows an older man and a boy looking at a drawing together. The man is holding the paper, and the boy is pointing at a face on it. The older man’s clothes are dark and formal, while the boy wears a simple shirt. The background is rough and sketchy, like it was drawn fast. The caption below says *"Un Hommage filial"*—French for "A Filial Tribute"—and mentions a name, Léonidas. The drawing looks like a quick, expressive style, not polished. Look up lithography to see how artists like Daumier made prints like this.
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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