Baissez le rideau, la farce est jouée (Lower the Curtain, the Farce is Over)

Honoré Daumier

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a theater scene with a large clownish figure and an audience. The drawing shows a theatrical performance with a character resembling a clown on the right, and an audience on the left. The audience is depicted in rows, with a seated figure above operating the curtain. The scene conveys a sense of theatricality and humor, capturing the atmosphere of a performance.