Édouard Manet
Olympia (Large Plate)
1866
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 258 x 330 mm. (10 3/16 x 13 in.)
Plate: 159 x 239 mm. (6 1/4 x 9 7/16 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
1996.48.17809
Based on Manet's painting, Olympia, 1863 (Musée d'Orsay; Rouart and Wildenstein 69). First of two designs for a printed version of Olympia to be published in the pamphlet accompanying the 1867 exhibition at the Avenue de l'Alma, "Émile Zola, Éd. Manet: Étude biographique et critique (Paris: Dentu, 1867)". This version was not published (see 1996.48.5153 for published version).
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, cat. no. 66, pp. 111-116, ill p. 111; 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, cat. no. 66, pp. 111-116, ill p. 111; 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: Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "Epreuve Moderne (Dumont)"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
