03 — ARTWORK
Ratapoil (rear view)
- MEDIUM
- Bronze, height 38 cm
- TYPE
- Other
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 550 × 1086 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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Daumier's sculptures evince a liking for caricature, but he used it as a political weapon. The plaster of Ratapoil, "a synthesis of the shady agent, of the indefatigable auxiliary of Napoleonic propaganda," was hidden throughout the Second Empire and only reappeared in 1878, but it immediately served as point of departure for caricatures which appeared in the satirical journals of the period.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Ratapoil (rear view) by DAUMIER, Honoré},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/daumier-honor-r948fc132359d93/ratapoil-rear-view-r885d5ab2dbb5ea},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
