Scene of the Tribunal (The Verdict)

c. 1865-1867

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

Honoré Daumier

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink over charcoal, pieced on laid paper and laid down

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.2 x 41.2 cm (14 1/4 x 16 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3235

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Maison 1968, no. 685

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Arsène Alexandre (1859-1937), Paris; (Paris, (sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 18-19 May 1903, lot 125); (Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1958

  • Honoré Daumier Anniversary Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1958, no. 172, repro.

  • Honoré Daumier: Exhibition of Prints, Drawings, Watercolors, Paintings, and Sculpture, Los Angeles County Museum, 1958, no. 207.

1999

  • Daumier: 1808-1879, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, no. 292, repro. (shown only in Ottawa and Washington).

2013

  • Daumier (1808-1879): Visions of Paris, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2013-2014, no. 76, repro.

Bibliography

1924

  • Baudelaire, Charles. Les dessins de Daumier. Paris, 1924: pl.13.

1958

  • Wick 1958, 172.

1968

  • Maison, K.E. Honore Daumier: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings. 2 vols. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1968.

1971

  • Roy 1971, 71.

Inscriptions

in later hand, upper left verso in graphite: (HH 990) / Daumier drawing / "Scene de Tribunal" / Illustrated #80 in book by Fuchs-

Markings

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Wikidata ID

Q64574399

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