At the Prado (Au Prado)
Edouard Manet
1865/1868
Medium
etching and aquatint on machine-made laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.2 × 15.5 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 33 × 22.7 cm (13 × 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.5759
About the Artist
Edouard Manet · 1832–1883
Édouard Manet (1832-1883) was a French painter who played a pivotal role in the transition from Realism to Impressionism, often called the 'Father of Modern Art.' Born into a wealthy Parisian family, Manet defied his father's wishes for a legal career to pursue painting, studying under academic artist Thomas Couture. His revolutionary works 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' and 'Olympia' (both 1863) scand...