Jeanne (Spring)
Edouard Manet
1882
Medium
Etching on blue laid paper, only state
Dimensions
Plate: 6 3/16 x 4 1/2 in. (15.7 x 11.4 cm) Sheet: 14 9/16 x 9 5/8in. (37 x 24.4cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.76.30
Tags
ProfilesWomenParasols
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...