The Dead Toreador

L'Homme mort

The Dead Toreador

Édouard Manet · 1864

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

About this painting

The lower half of a slashed 1864 Salon canvas, its stark horizontal format was born from Manet cutting a failed composition in two.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

76 × 153 cm (29.9 × 60.2 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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