Boy with Pitcher (La Régalade)
1862–72
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
61.8 × 54.3 cm (24 5/16 × 21 3/8 in.); Framed: 92.1 × 85.1 cm (36 1/4 × 33 1/2 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
29392
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
X-radiographs have revealed that this painting is a fragment of Les Gitanos, a large portrait of an itinerant family that Édouard Manet exhibited in 1863 and 1867. Apparently dissatisfied with the composition, he cut the painting into sections, which he reconceived as individual works of art. Two of these sections, Bohémien and Still Life with Bag and Garlic, are in the collection of the Louvre Abu Dhabi; the final section, Bohémienne, is lost. To make this portion a standalone work, Manet pain...