Boy with a Sword, Turned Left
Medium
Etching and aquatint on laid paper (Hudelist), state III of IV
Dimensions
sheet: 15 x 11 3/8in. (38.1 x 28.9cm) plate: 12 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. (32 x 23.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1980
Accession Number
1980.1077.1
Tags
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Alfred Cadart · 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...