Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada
1862 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions : 65 x 50 1/4 in. (165.1 x 127.6 cm)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Manet depicted model Victorine Meurent (1844–1928) in the guise of a male espada, or matador, borrowing her pose from a Renaissance print. Victorine’s shoes are unsuitable for bullfighting, and the pink cape that she flourishes is the wrong hue, but she carries off her role with panache. The backdrop reproduces a scene from Goya’s Tauromaquia series, celebrating the feats of bullfighters. When this painting was exhibited at the infamous Salon des Refusés of 1863, a commentator noted,
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About this artwork
Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada (1862) by Edouard Manet, oil on canvas, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
About Edouard Manet
(23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
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