Artwork
The Tragic Actor
The Tragic Actor is a print by the Impressionist artist Édouard Manet. It dates from 1866 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
- Accession no.
- 1976.19
- Credit line
- Delia E. Holden Fund
About this work
Overview
The Tragic Actor is a black-and-white print created by Édouard Manet in 1866, currently held at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a man in 17th-century attire, characterized by a long coat with a fur collar, a high-crowned hat, and a mustache, conveying a sense of seriousness or sadness through his clasped hands and slight lean on a cane.
Technique & Style
Manet employed loose, sketchy lines to capture the texture of the subject's fur collar and the folds in his coat, contributing to the overall somber mood of the piece.
Artist & collection
Artist
Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
