Exotic Flower (Woman in a Mantilla)
Édouard Manet
1868
Medium
Etching and aquatint in warm black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.2 × 10.6 cm (6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Plate: 17.5 × 11.6 cm (6 15/16 × 4 5/8 in.); Sheet: 35.3 × 25.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
46782
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Exotic Flower is an original composition, not based on a painting. A model for the etching is found among the Caprichos of Goya; unlike Goya, Manet visually isolated his figure, choosing not to provide a context for it.