Black and white lithograph of two caricatured figures in pointed hats shaking hands over a crowd of heads, framed by a stage curtain.

The New Neapolitan Buffoon Receiving the Devil's Congratulations

A lithograph in black ink shows two grotesquely caricatured masked figures in pointed hats facing each other, one with a feathered plume, shaking hands above a crowd of heads. The scene is framed by a stage-like curtain, with a caption in French beneath the image.

Artist: Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Date: 1855
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 843 × 1126 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1855).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment

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