Boy with a Sword
Edouard Manet
1861
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
51 5/8 x 36 3/4 in. (131.1 x 93.4 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Erwin Davis, 1889
Accession Number
89.21.2
Tags
SwordsBoysPortraits
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...