The grand staircase of the Palais de Justice: View of Faces

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The grand staircase of the Palais de Justice: View of Faces

Honoré DaumierLinkedCulture matchlcp-92178c4e8b85

Date
1848
Medium
Lithograph
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
69012

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Daumier had little love of lawyers. He created 39 lithographs between 1845 and 1848 that address what he saw as the double-dealing and amorality of France's legal profession. This image, set on the grand staircase of the law courts, shows two self-satisfied barristers in all their glory. Europe

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Gift of Mrs. Charles C. Bovey, 1924

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