Boy with Soap Bubbles
1867–69
Medium
Etching, lavis aquatint, and roulette on laid paper, second state of four
Dimensions
plate: 9 7/8 x 8 5/16in. (25.1 x 21.1cm) sheet: 15 3/4 x 10 3/8in. (40 x 26.4cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.76.19
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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...