Le Bateau à vapeur
The Steamboat, Seascape with Porpoises
Édouard Manet · 1868
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
About this painting
A modern steamship set against dolphins, a motif borrowed from ancient art — Manet fusing the industrial present with classical maritime imagery.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
81 × 100 cm (31.9 × 39.4 in)
Painted at
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Current location
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
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