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for En train de charmer toute une société avec la romance du Beau Nicolas from Croquis Musicaux
En train de charmer toute une société avec la romance du Beau Nicolas from Croquis Musicaux
Creator
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Datec. 1852
Mediumlithograph on paper
DimensionsImage: 25.3 x 21.9 cm (9 15/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
Overall (sheet): 28.1 x 22.2 cm (11 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Overall (sheet): 28.1 x 22.2 cm (11 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert Hunter, 1936
Category
- Prints
Object number2400
ProvenanceAn unattractive man shown in three-quarter view is trying to charm his audience, specifically the female audience members. Footlights at the base of the stage light up his dramatic expression; his mouth is wide open and his eyebrows are raised as he looks at the crowd. Two palely drawn female figures in the background seem unimpressed. “Le Beau Nicolas” was a ballad that had lost its appeal by the time Daumier made this print – adding to the images’ humor. This lithograph belongs to the Croquis Musicaux series and forms part of a set of works in the early Second Empire in which Daumier showed a growing interest in musical and theater stages. This type of image later impacted several of the works Degas painted in the 1870s.
LocationNot currently on display
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