The Gypsies (Les Gitanos)
Edouard Manet
1862
Medium
Etching, final state (II) on blue laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 12 x 9 3/8in. (30.5 x 23.8cm) sheet: 17 5/8 x 11 5/8in. (44.8 x 29.5cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.76.2
Tags
InfantsMenWomen
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...