Boy with a Sword

Édouard Manet, 1861

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Boy with a Sword, 1861. Oil on canvas.

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Oil on canvas · 51 5/8 x 36 3/4 in. (131.1 x 93.4 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: Boy with a Sword
Artist: Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)
Date: 1861
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 51 5/8 x 36 3/4 in. (131.1 x 93.4 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Erwin Davis, 1889
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1832–1883

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