Édouard Manet
The Little Gypsies
1860
Scroll
Édouard Manet
The Little Gypsies
1860
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint with printed tone, Sheet: 213 x 152 mm. (8 3/8 x 6 in.)
Plate: 196 x 140 mm. (7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase with bequest funds from Dr. Robert Austrian; and Nelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Fund
Object Number
2008.21
This etching was an important step in the development of the composition for Manet's later painting, "The Gypsies" (1862), now destroyed. It represents a moment in Manet's early printmaking career before he fully realized the graphic potential of the medium. The scribbled and quickly drawn lines of drypoint and etching needle create a spontaneity of sketch that is missing from his later, more carefully rendered etchings.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2007; Paul McCarron, NY; (sale, Christie's NY, 7 Feb 2008, lot 16); Alfred Beurdeley (Lugt 421)
