Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe
Edouard Manet|Edgar Allan Poe
ca. 1860–62
Medium
Etching on blue laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 7 1/4 x 5 3/4in. (18.4 x 14.6cm) sheet: 14 3/8 x 9 1/4in. (36.5 x 23.5cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.76.29
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Edgar Allan Poe · 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...