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
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," 1985-1986; circulated to The Detroit Institute of Art; University Art Museum, Berkeley; The St. Louis Art Museum; Huntsville Museum of Art; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Jay McKean Fisher, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., "The Prints of Edouard Manet," 1985-1986; circulated to The Detroit Institute of Art; University Art Museum, Berkeley; The St. Louis Art Museum; Huntsville Museum of Art; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
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)
