Edouard Manet
Boy with the Sword

ArtistFrench, 1832–1883
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Boy with the Sword
Date1862
PlaceFrance
MediumEtching and aquatint, state III
DimensionsPlate: 10 3/8 × 6 13/16 in. (26.4 × 17.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number39.77
Not on view

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Provenance[Hans Goltz Galerie, Munich]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1929-September 1, 1939; given to MFAH, 1939.
Exhibition HistoryHouston Symphony Society, Music Hall, October 18–26, 1965.

"The Etching Renaissance in France: 1850-1880," Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 14–March 14, 1971; University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, April 12–May 9, 1971; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, June 14–August 8, 1971; University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, September 5–October 4, 1971.
Catalogue raisonnéDelteil 52/III

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