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Mlle. Victorine in the Costume of an "Espada"

Sitter Victorine Meurent French
In the manner of Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish
1862
Not on view
Although Édouard Manet is better remembered for his paintings, he was also a prolific etcher and an early collaborator with Alfred Cadart, who he probably met through their mutual friend, the writer Charles Baudelaire. This print was included in an early project that the artist completed with Cadart, the 1862 album Eaux-fortes par Édouard Manet. The series included a total of nine etchings, six of which reprised the artist's paintings. Mlle. Victorine in the Costume of an "Espada" shows one of the artist's favorite models in Spanish costume, and relates to a painting of the same year (29.100.53). Manet translated the painting's earthy tones into a complex system of textures, achieved through fields of aquatint and densely etched lines.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mlle. Victorine in the Costume of an "Espada"
  • Artist: Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)
  • Sitter: Victorine Meurent (French, Paris 1844–1927 Colombes)
  • Artist: In the manner of Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)
  • Date: 1862
  • Medium: Etching, aquatint, and bitten tone on laid paper (watermarked Hudelist); final state of three, from the 1862 Cadart edition
  • Dimensions: plate: 13 1/4 x 11in. (33.7 x 27.9cm)
    sheet: 18 1/4 x 14 1/8in. (46.4 x 35.9cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.550
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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