1833
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Un nouveau nez is a 1833 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows an older man and woman sitting beside a bed. The woman holds a baby while the man leans in, looking at the child’s face. The room has a fancy chair in the background and a small table with a teapot. Everyone is dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The title *Un nouveau nez* means "a new nose" in French—it’s a playful joke about the baby’s face. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to make it feel lively. Next, 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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