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Le Vieux Musicien
The Old Musician
Édouard Manet · 1862
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
About this painting
A monumental gathering of outcasts and street performers, painted on a scale usually reserved for history painting — Manet elevating Paris's marginalized to grand-manner subjects.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
187 × 248 cm (73.6 × 97.6 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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