Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, in profile
Medium
Etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 5 1/4 x 3 in. (13.3 x 7.6 cm) sheet: 13 1/4 x 11 in. (33.7 x 27.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession Number
2007.49.507
Tags
MenProfiles
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Charles Baudelaire · 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...