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This is a painting of two individuals in a cellar with wooden barrels. The scene depicts a space filled with large barrels. One individual appears to be pouring something into or from a vessel over a barrel, while the other leans on a barrel. The room is lined with barrels and there is a noticeable texture in the way they are drawn, with the figures standing amidst the storage area.
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This is a painting of two individuals in a cellar with wooden barrels. The scene depicts a space filled with large barrels. One individual appears to be pouring something into or from a vessel over a barrel, while the other leans on a barrel. The room is lined with barrels and there is a noticeable texture in the way they are drawn, with the figures standing amidst the storage area.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Bercy: Nous faisons ... ce que nous pouvons ...

Honoré Daumier

Date
1856
Medium
lithograph
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.143.660
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983)
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • interior
  • architecture
  • Figures
  • Writing

NGA object ID 180272. 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.