The Old Musician

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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