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The Little Cavaliers by Édouard Manet

The Little Cavaliers

Édouard Manet · 1860

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Artist
Édouard Manet
Date
1860
Medium
Etching, drypoint, roulette, and bitten tone in black on gray chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
240 × 380 mm (image); 248 × 391 mm (plate); 242 × 383 mm (primary support) 319 × 448 mm (secondary support)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
France
Credit line
Robert A. Waller Fund
ART MOVEMENTS
Impressionism
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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.

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Beyond Manet and Impressionism: works from the same years.

The Backgammon Players Same era · 1840s–1870s The Backgammon Players Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Same era · 1840s–1870s The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Léon-Victor Dupré · 1855 · Art Institute of Chicago Monsieur Suisse Same era · 1840s–1870s Monsieur Suisse Gustave Courbet · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Pools by the Seaside Same era · 1840s–1870s Pools by the Seaside William Hart · 1861 · Buffalo AKG Art Museum An Arab Warrior Same era · 1840s–1870s An Arab Warrior Mariano Fortuny Marsal · 1862 · Hispanic Society of America Lion Hunt Same era · 1840s–1870s Lion Hunt Eugène Delacroix · 1858 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston The Sheepshearers Same era · 1840s–1870s The Sheepshearers Jean-François Millet · 1857 · Art Institute of Chicago A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?) Same era · 1840s–1870s A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?) Edgar Degas · 1865 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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