This painting shows a crowd of seated people facing the right, mostly seen from the waist up. The people are seated in rows of red seats, and closest to us is a row of four people. In the bottom left corner is a child with very short dark hair and a dark brown coat over a white collar. To the right is a woman with dark hair in an updo and adorned with what looks like a blue ribbon, and she wears a dark dress with a white ruffled collar and white cuffs. Next to her is a man with a mustache and balding head, dressed in a formal dark suit. To the far right is another woman with a light…
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French Theater

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879)

c. 1856

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 25.9 x 35 cm (10 3/16 x 13 3/4 in.) ; framed: 49.5 x 58.7 cm (19 1/2 x 23 1/8 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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