Mlle. Victorine in the Costume of an "Espada"
Medium
Etching, aquatint, and bitten tone on laid paper (watermarked Hudelist); final state of three, from the 1862 Cadart edition
Dimensions
plate: 13 1/4 x 11in. (33.7 x 27.9cm) sheet: 18 1/4 x 14 1/8in. (46.4 x 35.9cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1969
Accession Number
69.550
Tags
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Victorine Meurant|Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) · 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...