Édouard Manet and Diego Velázquez
Les Petits Cavaliers
1860-1866
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint with bitten tone, Sheet: 274 x 402 mm. (10 13/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Plate: 246 x 387 mm. (9 11/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.5128
Based on Manet's painting, The Little Cavaliers, 1859-1860? (Chrysler Museum; Rouart and Wildenstein 21) which was a copy of a painting formerly attributed to Velázquez (now attributed to his workshop), Gathering of Gentlemen (Louvre; López-Rey 135). Printed in brown-black ink. While Manet originally created the plate in 1861-1862, he reworked the plate for the fourth and fifth states around 1867.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Harris, Jean C. Edouard Manet, The Graphic Work: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York: Collectors Editions Limited, 1970; revised edition, San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1990), p. 44, #5.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), pp. 37-38, #6.
Wilson, Juliet. Manet: Dessins, aquarelles, eaux-fortes, lithographies, correspondence (Paris: Galerie Huguette Berès, 1978), #23.
Wilson, Juliet. Edouard Manet: L’Oeuvre grave (Ingelheim am Rhein: Stadtverwaltung Ingelheim, 1977), p. 50, #10.
Guérin, Marcel. L’Oeuvre grave de Manet (Paris: Librairie Floury, 1944), #8.
Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906), #5.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), pp. 37-38, #6.
Wilson, Juliet. Manet: Dessins, aquarelles, eaux-fortes, lithographies, correspondence (Paris: Galerie Huguette Berès, 1978), #23.
Wilson, Juliet. Edouard Manet: L’Oeuvre grave (Ingelheim am Rhein: Stadtverwaltung Ingelheim, 1977), p. 50, #10.
Guérin, Marcel. L’Oeuvre grave de Manet (Paris: Librairie Floury, 1944), #8.
Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906), #5.
Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower right, mostly effaced "Ed. Manet d'après Velazquez" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "Epreuve Moderne Dumont"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Watermark: (letters, unidentified)
