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Courtroom Studies

Attributed to Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879)
Date1855-1860
MediumBrown ink and wash over black chalk, heightened with white on paper
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 × 10 inches (31.75 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-144
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Courtrooms fascinated renowned printmaker and draftsman Honoré Daumier, who depicted them in many works on paper. In this work attributed to Daumier, some figures are fully rendered with brown ink and wash and highlighted with white. Others remain less fully developed. This diversity suggests the artist’s interest and ability in many different drawing styles.

We cannot confirm that this work was made by Daumier, and many of his peers also worked outside the traditions of the French Academy to depict French society in the 1800s. Compare it to the known Daumier drawing hanging nearby. Do you think this sheet of studies was made by Daumier, or by another artist?

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Sheet of Figure Studies
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Ulysses Before Troy
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Vase of Flowers
Jan van Huysum
mid-18th century
81-30/35
The Communion of the Apostles (recto); Figures in Landscape (verso)
Giovanni Segala
late 17th-early 18th century
44-29/4 A,B
Christ after the Flagellation
Marcantonio Bassetti
17th century
44-29/3
recto overall
Filippino Lippi, called Filippo
1480
56-71
Study for "The Triumph of Bacchus"
Nicolas Poussin
1635
54-83
Study for "The Baptism of Christ"
Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino
1480s
34-300/2
Study for Drapery
16th century
34-300/1
Horatio Cocles at the Bridge
Vincenzo Camuccini
ca. 1810
44-29/9