499489 The Troubadour, 1868-1873 (oil on fabric) by Daumier, Honore (1808-79); 99.50x73.00 (framed) 83.60x56.80 (unframed) cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: The troubadour, a medieval traveling poet and entertainer, was a popular subject in 19th-century French art. Associated with chivalry and courtly love, the theme reflects a broader, romantic fascination with France??? medieval past. Although Daumier was particularly inspired by the troubadour paintings of French Rococo artist Jean-Antoine Watteau of the 1700s, he rendered the subject here in a powerful style of simplified, muscular form that appealed to modern artists of his own time. ); Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.; French, out of copyright.