Dead Christ with Angels (Christ aux anges)
Edouard Manet
1866/1867
Medium
etching and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 40 × 33 cm (15 3/4 × 13 in.) sheet: 44.7 × 34.2 cm (17 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.5755
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...