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The New Neapolitan Buffoon. “- Polichinelle, Polichinelle, you have cudgelled the others long enough... now it's your turn. We will bring you to reason...,” plate 221 from Actualités
1855
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 24 × 22.4 cm (9 1/2 × 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 35.9 × 27.5 cm (14 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1955.1123
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. The New Neapolitan Buffoon. “- Polichinelle, Polichinelle, you have cudgelled the others long enough... now it's your turn. We will bring you to reason...,” plate 221 from Actualités. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The New Neapolitan Buffoon. “- Polichinelle, Polichinelle, you have cudgelled the others long enough... now it's your turn. We will bring you to reason...,” plate 221 from Actualités — Honoré Daumier. 1855.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 24 × 22.4 cm (9 1/2 × 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 35.9 × 27.5 cm (14 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.