Jeanne, from "Gazette des Beaux-Arts"
1882, printed 1902
Medium
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 6 1/8 x 4 3/16 in. (15.5 x 10.7 cm) sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 in. (27.7 x 20.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession Number
2007.49.473
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Jeanne, fromGazette des Beaux-Arts** Edouard Manet, a figure bridging Realism and Impressionism, captures the poised profile of a woman named Jeanne in this intimate etching and aquatint created in 1882 and printedously in 1902. Featured in the prestigious *Gazette des Beauxts*, a leading French art journal, the work exemplifies Manet's skill in printmaking during his later years. The delicate image, measuring just 6 1/8 x 4 3/16 inches, highlights his fascination with modern portraiture, rendering Jeanne's features with elegant simplicity against a subtle background. Manet's use of etchin...
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Alfred Louis Porcabeuf|Gazette des Beaux-Arts · 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...