Exotic Flower (Woman in a Mantilla)

Art Institute of Chicago

Exotic Flower (Woman in a Mantilla)

Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883)

Date
1868
Medium
Etching and aquatint in brown on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Exotic Flower is an original composition, not based on a painting. A model for the etching is found among the Caprichos of Goya; unlike Goya, Manet visually isolated his figure, choosing not to provide a context for it.

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Object type
AAT300041273

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