Édouard Manet, Seated, Right Profile
Edouard Manet|Edgar Degas
ca. 1868
Medium
Black chalk on faded pink wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 in. (35.9 x 27.9cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
19.51.6
Tags
PortraitsArtistsMen
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Edgar Degas · 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...