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Artiste: Édouard Manet (Paris 1832 – 1883 Paris)
Date: 1862
Technique: eau-forte
Dimensions: 14,2 x 20,1 cm (plaque) 33 x 45,4 cm (feuille)

Catalogue raisonné: Harris 31 ii/ii; Guérin 27

Provenance: vente Gonnelli (Florence), 1 octobre 2019

Très belle impression en bistre extrait de l’ouvrage Theodore Duret Histoire d’Édouard Manet et de Son Oeuvre (Paris, Floury, 1902), publié à 600 exemplaires.

In some restpects, this is Manet’s finest early etching, It is quite similar to The Boy with a Sword. The image is more important than is linear virtuosity, forming a delightfully reticent statement. The tonality is remarkably light, despite the density of hatchings in the coat and hair, presenting a lacy and delicate impression. In contrast to the technique seen in the The Gypsies, done in the winter of 1861-1862, here linear boldness has been suppressed in favor of tonal subtlety, marking a significant change in Manet’s handling at this period.

Jean C. Harris, Edouard Manet: The Graphic Work. A Catalogue Raisonné (a revised version), San Francisco, Alan Wofsy, 1990 (1970), p. 114.