M. Manet (The Artist's Father) II
<p>This is the only known impression of the second state of this etching depicting Auguste Manet, a high official in the Ministry of Justice and subsequently a judge and court counselor. It is Manet's second etched portrait of his father. Both versions are based on the double portrait he painted of his parent in 1860, now in the Musee du Louvre, Paris.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1861
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 18.7 × 15.6 cm (7 3/8 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 26.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Édouard Manet
Artist
Painting
Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
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- Édouard Manet
- Year
- 1861
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 18.7 × 15.6 cm (7 3/8 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 26.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1861-015710
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified