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24,211 works

Satirical lithograph of a startled couple under a shower of falling partridge feathers, with a hunter and dog in the distance

The disadvantage of shooting at young partridges with the new explosive bullets of Devisme, plate 17 from Émotions De…

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling Madonna beside a column, with the infant Christ sprawled on a cloth in the foreground.

Madonna and Child

Benevenuto Tisi da Garofalo, n.d.

Lithograph of two tired hunters with a dog crossing a flat landscape, a third figure wading in the distance.

“- Come, come, Mr. Pomard... keep your spirits up... only two more leagues and we can rest... - What a piece of luck,…

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Lithograph of a cold hunter with hands tucked in, watching a hare run across snow while a figure waves in the distance.

If the Hunter has Cold Hands... the hare doesn't have cold feet, plate 22 from Émotions De Chasse

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Brown ink and wash drawing of a female bust with curled hair and draped cloth on a scrolled pedestal.

Bust of a Woman

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, 1555/65

Lithograph of a ballerina on a stage platform facing a hooded old woman with a wand, with theatre audience boxes behind.

The mother of Eros (not to be confounded with Venus), plate 10 from Croquis Dramatiques

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Male Head in Profile

Attributed to Baldassare Peruzzi, n.d.

Brown ink sketch of a muscular seated male figure holding a large tablet, on an oval-cropped sheet with a faint study beneath

Seated Male Figure with Large Tablet (recto); Figure Study (verso)

Follower of Luca Cambiaso, n.d.

Daumier lithograph of a leaping dancer in a flower garland above a conductor and orchestra, with ballerinas in the background

A dancer who claims to have preserved the great tradition of VESTRI, plate 12 from Croquis Dramatiques

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Two Evangelists Conversing

After Luca Cambiaso, after 1570

Pen and ink sketch of an armored man, several horses, and decorative scrollwork on aged paper.

Sketches of Men, Horses, and Decorative Design

Attributed to Pietro Sorri, 1596/98

Lithograph of a family watching an opera singer in a long gown on stage, with audience tiers behind them.

How Useful for an Opera Singer to Have a Family, plate 14 from Croquis Dramatiques

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Pen and brown ink drawing of two muscular figures ascending, one carrying the other amid swirling drapery, on a grey mount.

Two Figures Ascending

Follower of Luca Cambiaso, 1560/70

Daumier lithograph: a couple seated atop a huge crinoline skirt while chickens wander beneath it, mocking fashion.

An Excusable Error. Chickens thinking they have found the cage where they spent their early childhood, plate 21 from…

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Pen and ink sketch of two standing men, one carrying a bundle of wood, beside tree trunks on a pale sheet.

Abraham and Isaac

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, c. 1570

Lithograph of a kneeling boy praying to a billboard reading MILLION with money bags, watched by a standing man in glasses.

Mr. Prudhomme dedicating his son to the new God of the Parisians, plate 366 from Actualités

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Pen and brown ink drawing of muscular nude male figures working at a forge, with a raised hammer and workbench.

Vulcan's Forge

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, c. 1570

Pen and brown ink drawing of crew crowded on a sailing ship's deck with rigging and masts, another ship behind.

Crew Abandoning Ship (recto) Sketches of Corinthian Columns (verso)

Lazzaro Tavarone, c. 1600

Lithograph of two men on rooftops, one peering from a window above and one looking up from a chimney, with a caption about a

“- Hello, neighbour... what was all this yelling about... did you see the comet? - I thought I had seen it over there…

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude men flogging a bent central figure, with hatched ground lines beneath them.

Flagellation of Christ

School of Luca Cambiaso, 1570/90

Daumier lithograph of two figures in a gallery; a startled woman with a bundle speaks to a man in a patterned robe.

“- Monsieur, I quit your service, I am going home... I don't want to be here when the world ends,” plate 4 from La Co…

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Sketches of Heads

After Luca Cambiaso, c. 1565

Lithograph of men leaning from tenement windows along a Paris street, staring upward in alarm at the sky.

The streets of Paris are beginning to look like this every night, plate 7 from La Cométe De 1857

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint John the Baptist preaching to a crowd of kneeling and seated figures, with a lamb at righ

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1584

Lithograph of a man and a distressed woman clutching a small dog in a room, with French caption below.

“- I am not afraid for me, but if I think of poor Azor who will perish on the 13th of June... it simply breaks my hea…

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Red chalk drawing of a long-haired woman gazing upward in prayer beside a skull, open book, and rocky landscape.

Penitent Magdalene

After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, 18th century

Satirical lithograph of seated personified planets on clouds, one using a telescope, awaiting a comet, with stars above.

Even the Planets are Watching with Interest the Arrival of the Famous Comet, plate 9 from La Cométe De 1857

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Pen and wash drawing of Christ beside a nude sick man among onlookers, with tall Corinthian columns and an arcade behind.

Christ Healing the Sick at the Pool of Bethesda

after Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, 17th century

Daumier lithograph of a stout man and an old woman carrying lanterns in daylight on a city street, with a caption.

Ever since Mr. Babinet had announced that the sun might disappear from one moment to the next, the Parisians are taki…

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of a stout man with raised arms reaching toward a giant glowing sun-like light, caricature from Actualités

Monsieur Babinet decides to personally shut down the sun in order for his predictions to be fulfilled, plate 386 from…

Honoré Daumier, 1857