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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