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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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