Polichinelle
Medium
Lithograph printed in seven colors on Japan paper; third state of four
Dimensions
Image: 20 1/2 × 14 9/16 in. (52 × 37 cm) Sheet: 22 13/16 × 16 13/16 in. (58 × 42.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.104.1
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Théodore de Banville|Patrice de MacMahon · 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...