Exotic Flower (Woman in a Mantilla)
Édouard Manet
1868
Medium
Etching and aquatint in brown on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
Image: 16.2 × 10.6 cm (6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Plate/primary support: 17.4 × 11.6 cm (6 7/8 × 4 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 38.7 × 27.4 cm (15 1/4 × 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
46785
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.