Boy and Dog
Edouard Manet
1862
Medium
Etching and aquatint, final state (III), on blue laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 8 x 5 9/16in. (20.3 x 14.1cm) sheet: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2in. (36.8 x 24.1cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.76.7
Tags
BoysDogs
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...