A True Art Lover, plate 66 from Les Bons Bourgeois 1847

"A True Art Lover" is a lithograph from Honoré Daumier's satirical series *Les Bons Bourgeois* (The Good Bourgeois). This 1847 print satirizes the pretentiousness of art collectors who only appreciate art when others have already praised it. The scene depicts two men in an art gallery, one nonchalantly looking away while the other examines a painting through a magnifying glass, indicating his feigned interest in art and his desire to appear discerning. Daumier, a prolific lithographer and social commentator, often used his artwork to criticize the hypocrisy and superficiality of the wealthy class in 19th-century France.