Olympia (small plate)
Medium
Etching in brown ink on laid paper with partial watermark (fleur de lis in a cartouche), final state of six
Dimensions
Plate: 3 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (8.8 × 17.9 cm) Sheet: 12 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (32.4 × 34.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry Walters, by exchange, 1931
Accession Number
31.31.1
Tags
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Emile Zola · 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...