The Little Cavaliers

Édouard Manet, 1860

MEDIUMEtching, drypoint, roulette, and bitten tone in black on gray chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

DIMENSIONS240 × 380 mm (image); 248 × 391 mm (plate); 242 × 383 mm (primary support) 319 × 448 mm (secondary support)

LOCATIONArt Institute of Chicago

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THE ARTIST

Édouard Manet 1832–1883 · France

Scandalous modernist who shocked Paris by painting everyday life and became the reluctant father of Impressionism.