Édouard Manet and Diego Velázquez
The Infanta Margarita
1861-1863
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 286 x 241 mm. (11 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Plate: 230 x 189 mm. (9 1/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Image: 161 x 146 mm. (6 5/16 x 5 3/4 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
1996.48.5135
After the painting Infanta Margarita, ca. 1653, now attributed to the workshop of Diego Velázquez, (López-Rey 398; Louvre). Printed in brown-black ink. Harris dates this print 1862, while Fisher gives a date of 1862-1864. According to Fisher, this impression "on a slightly tinted heavy laid paper, is similar to other proofs that can be identified as printed by Guerard before the posthumous edition by Dumont. These proofs could date from the later years of Manet's lifetime or could be posthumous since Guerard advised Manet's widow in the early posthumous editions of his etchings. This proof, typical of Guerard's, is printed cleanly without the plate tone and retroussage of the Dumont edition."
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
BMA, "The Prints of Edouard Manet: A Centenary Celebration," 27 September - 20 November, 1983.
Jay McKean Fisher, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., "The Prints of Edouard Manet," May 1985 - June 1986, cat. no. 11, p. 43-44, ill. p. 43; circulated to The Detroit Institute of Art, May 14 - June 30, 1985; University Art Museum, Berkeley, Sept. 18 - Nov. 3; The St. Louis Art Museum, Nov. 23, 1985 - Jan. 5, 1986; Huntsville Museum of Art; Worcester Art Museum, Jan. 25 - Mar. 9, 1986; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Mar. 29 - May 11, 1986.
"Manet/Velazquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting", organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 24 - June 29, 2003.
"Impressionism and the Art of the Past," High Museum of Art, 13 October 2007 - 13 January 2008; Denver Art Museum, 23 February - 25 May; Seattle Art Museum, 19 June - 21 September 2008, no. 52.
Jay McKean Fisher, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., "The Prints of Edouard Manet," May 1985 - June 1986, cat. no. 11, p. 43-44, ill. p. 43; circulated to The Detroit Institute of Art, May 14 - June 30, 1985; University Art Museum, Berkeley, Sept. 18 - Nov. 3; The St. Louis Art Museum, Nov. 23, 1985 - Jan. 5, 1986; Huntsville Museum of Art; Worcester Art Museum, Jan. 25 - Mar. 9, 1986; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Mar. 29 - May 11, 1986.
"Manet/Velazquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting", organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 24 - June 29, 2003.
"Impressionism and the Art of the Past," High Museum of Art, 13 October 2007 - 13 January 2008; Denver Art Museum, 23 February - 25 May; Seattle Art Museum, 19 June - 21 September 2008, no. 52.
Harris, Jean C. Edouard Manet, The Graphic Work: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York: Collectors Editions Limited, 1970; revised edition, San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1990), illustrated p. 71.
Tinterow, Gary and Geneviève Lacambre. Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), p. 55, illustrated fig. 1.53 and p. 512, #182, illustrated.
Dumas, Ann, and Xavier Bray. Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past (Denver: Denver Art Museum, 2007) #52.
Inscribed: None
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
