The Guitarist
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
Accession Number
1956.747
Tags
male
About this artwork
Manet’s painting The Spanish Singer won popular and critical success when it was exhibited in Paris at the annual Salon of 1860. The artist capitalized on the recognition of the painting and produced an etched version of the composition the following year that proved equally successful. Manet’s subject was inspired by Jaime Bosch, a virtuoso guitarist who was wildly popular in Paris in the mid-19th century. The Catalonian guitarist took part in the musical soirées organized by Madame Manet, the ...