The Connoisseur
Details
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- Medium
- Pen and ink, wash, watercolor, lithographic crayon, and gouache over black chalk on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 17 1/4 x 14 in. (43.8 x 35.5cm)
- Origin
- France
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Interiors Both · 99%
The catalog lists Interiors among the subjects, and the image visibly shows an enclosed room with paneled walls, furniture, framed pictures, and displayed sculpture.
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Human Figure Both · 98%
A seated male figure dominates the foreground; the catalog lists Men among the subjects.
Visual Qualities
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Dark Colors Visual · 96%
The image is dominated by deep brown, gray, black, and muted cream tones, with pale highlights on the figure and sculptures.
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Dense Composition Visual · 94%
Framed pictures, architectural panels, furniture, a table, sculptures, and the seated figure occupy most of the sheet, producing a tightly packed interior.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 86%
Numerous frames, furnishings, garments, sculptural contours, and tonal passages are differentiated across the interior.
Medium and Techniques
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Drawing Metadata · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a drawing.
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Mixed-Media Metadata · 99%
The catalog lists pen and ink, wash, watercolor, lithographic crayon, gouache, and black chalk, indicating the combination of multiple media.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The work is made on wove paper.
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Chiaroscuro Visual · 88%
The drawing uses pronounced light-dark modeling, with the illuminated figure and foreground objects contrasted against the darkened walls and recesses.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to circa 1860–65, placing it in the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies Daumier as French and gives France as the place of origin.
Source & rights
Honoré Daumier. The Connoisseur. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.