The image shows a courtroom scene with three individuals captured from the waist up. The man in the foreground appears to be a lawyer gesturing with both hands. He has a middle-aged appearance with curly, receding hair and a sharp nose. He wears a dark robe over a collared shirt. Behind him, a judge is seated, wearing a tall hat and formal attire, looking down at papers on the bench. In the foreground to the right, a woman is reclined, with her head tilted back, eyes closed, and mouth slightly open, wearing a headscarf. On the surface in front of them lies a stack of papers and a round inkpot. The background suggests a courtroom setting, as indicated by the bench and formal dress. The scene is captured in a drawn, monochromatic style.
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The image shows a courtroom scene with three individuals captured from the waist up. The man in the foreground appears to be a lawyer gesturing with both hands. He has a middle-aged appearance with curly, receding hair and a sharp nose. He wears a dark robe over a collared shirt. Behind him, a judge is seated, wearing a tall hat and formal attire, looking down at papers on the bench. In the foreground to the right, a woman is reclined, with her head tilted back, eyes closed, and mouth slightly open, wearing a headscarf. On the surface in front of them lies a stack of papers and a round inkpot. The background suggests a courtroom setting, as indicated by the bench and formal dress. The scene is captured in a drawn, monochromatic style.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Au fait, maitre Barbotteau...

Honoré Daumier

Date
1838
Medium
lithograph
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.143.207
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983)
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • interior
  • architecture
  • Costume
  • Hat
  • Figures
  • Writing

NGA object ID 180106. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.