Art, literature & history
Art Lovers
c. 1863
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- Gray and black wash, charcoal, and graphite, with watercolor, on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 26.2 x 19.4 cm (10 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1927.208
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. Art Lovers. The Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
Art Lovers — Honoré Daumier. c. 1863.
Medium: Gray and black wash, charcoal, and graphite, with watercolor, on cream laid paper. Dimensions: Sheet: 26.2 x 19.4 cm (10 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Honoré Daumier was known for his witty depictions of contemporary Parisian types, including the art collectors seen in this drawing. The sheet belongs to a series in which the artist depicted these connoisseurs in the process of closely studying works of art. Although here, the men's focus seems sincere, in many works Daumier caricatured his subjects' greediness, smugness, or obliviousness.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.