About this artwork
Daumier often employed the print medium for satire and comedy. The magnifying glass which the art lover holds is a sign of his myopia; his misplaced attention to tiny details makes him incapable of seeing the whole. The serious, contemplative figure in the adjoining painting by Daumier stands in contrast to this pompous, self-styled art critic.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Honoré-Victorin Daumier
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Title
- A True Art Lover, plate 66 from Les Bons Bourgeois
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1847
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Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 25.7 × 20 cm (10 1/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 35.9 × 27.6 cm (14 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Sidney A. Kent Fund, gift of Martin A. Ryerson and the Print and Drawing Club
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Reference Number
- 1923.73
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/96193/manifest.json