The Troubadour
1868–73
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
The Troubadour, 1868–73. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879). Oil on fabric; framed: 99.5 x 73 x 8 cm (39 3/16 x 28 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 83.6 x 56.8 cm (32 15/16 x 22 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.23 Daumier was called the “Michelangelo of caricature” and especially renowned for his cartoons and drawings satirizing 19th-century French politics and society.
- Maker/Artist
- Daumier, Honoré
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Framed: 99.5 x 73 x 8 cm (39 3/16 x 28 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 83.6 x 56.8 cm (32 15/16 x 22 3/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed in lower right: h.D. [reinforced]
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1958.23
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
- Exhibitions
- Paintings and Drawings of Daumier, Honoré Daumier, 1808-1879, Honoré Daumier, <em>Exposition Daumier</em>. Palais de l'École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France (1901)., <em>Honoré Daumier Ausstellung, Gemälde, Aquarelle Zeichnungen</em>, Galerie Matthiesen. Berlin, Germany (1926)., <em>Corot-Daumier. </em>Museum of Modern Art., New York, NY (1930).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 220 19th Century European
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