Victorine Meurent in the Costume of an "Espada"
Édouard Manet
1862
Medium
Etching in black and lavis in warm gray on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.5 × 23.8 cm (12 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Plate: 33.8 × 27.8 cm (13 5/16 × 11 in.); Sheet: 52.4 × 35.9 cm (20 11/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
103099
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Manet based this etching on his own painting of the same year (now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) depicting his frequent model, Victorine Meurent, in the costume of an "espada," or toreador. Japanese prints and, above all, the etchings of Goya, have been cited as sources for the composition.