The Tragic Actor: Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet
Medium
Etching on blue laid paper, final state (II)
Dimensions
plate: 14 3/8 x 8 9/16in. (36.5 x 21.7cm) sheet: 17 3/4 x 11 5/8in. (45.1 x 29.5cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.76.21
Tags
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Philibert Rouvière|William Shakespeare · 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...