1845
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Une consultation scientifique is a 1845 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two men looking at something closely in this lithograph. They seem to be discussing it with great interest. Their expressions show they are curious and engaged. The men's clothes and the objects around them give us a glimpse of what life was like back then. The artist paid attention to the details of their faces and bodies. To learn more about this style of printmaking, look 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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