Boy Carrying a Sword

L'Enfant à l'épée

Boy Carrying a Sword

Édouard Manet · 1861

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

About this painting

Manet's ten-year-old stepson Léon posed in 17th-century costume, a homage to the Spanish master Velázquez, whom Manet revered.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

131 × 93 cm (51.6 × 36.6 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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