The Boy with Soap Bubbles (L'enfant aux bulles de savon)
Edouard Manet
1868/1869
Medium
etching and aquatint on green paper
Dimensions
plate: 25.2 x 21.4 cm (9 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 40.2 x 25.7 cm (15 13/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Accession Number
1977.12.13
About the Artist
Edouard Manet · 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...