Édouard Manet, Seated, Holding His Hat

Edgar Degas|Edouard Manet

ca. 1868 · Graphite and black chalk · Drawings and Prints

This drawing and another by Degas (MMA 19.51.6), both purchased at the sale of the contents of Degas's studio in 1918, are preparatory studies for an etched portrait of Manet made about 1866–68, a few years after the two painters first met in the Louvre. Degas portrayed Manet several times: He made a drawing of Manet watching the races at Longchamps (MMA 19.51.8) and a painting that showed him listening to Mme Manet playing the piano. Upon receiving the painting, Manet was dissatisfied with his wife's likeness and cut off her side of the canvas, an act which enraged Degas and soured the artists' friendship.

Artist

Edgar Degas|Edouard Manet

Date

ca. 1868

Medium

Graphite and black chalk

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918