L'entrée au musée (Entrance to the Museum)

1808

French 19th Century

Associated Names
French 19th Century

Artist

The image is a painting of a crowded museum entrance scene. The group of people tightly packed together are trying to enter a museum. The individuals are dressed in early 19th-century period clothing, including top hats, long overcoats, and dresses. The chaotic scene shows people pushing and leaning to gain entry. Framed paintings hang on the wall behind the crowd, and the colors are bright. The illustration style is caricature-like, emphasizing the bustling event.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with publisher's hand coloring in watercolor on pale green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 × 26.7 cm (7 7/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 25.6 × 32.7 cm (10 1/16 × 12 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.49.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Edmunds, London); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Inscriptions

L'ENTRÉE au MUSÉE; lower left corner of image: 1808; by later hand, lower verso in graphite: 400

Wikidata ID

Q77008473

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