The Loge (In the Theatre Boxes)  1857

Oil on panel, H: 9 1/2 x W: 12 1/16 in. (24.1 x 30.7 cm) [br] Description: Louis Leroy, the editor of the popular magazines in which so many of Daumier's lithographs appeared, characterized the artist as a man who "scoffed at the rich and felt a great tenderness for the common people." It is the latter trait that prevails in this theater scene. The publication in 1856 of...