At the Prado (Au Prado)
1866
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Edouard Manet
Édouard Manet didn’t have much time to make his mark—he died at 51—but he used every year.
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ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
At the Prado (Au Prado) is a 1866 ink by Edouard Manet, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman in a long, flowing dress holding a fan. Her face is serious, and she wears a headscarf. Behind her, faint shapes of people and trees blur into the background, like a crowd in a park. The artist used a loose, sketchy line to show movement—her dress looks like it’s swirling in the wind. The background is soft and smudged, almost like a quick sketch. This is an etching, so the lines are carved into a metal plate. Try looking up *etching* to see how it works.
Édouard Manet didn’t have much time to make his mark—he died at 51—but he used every year.
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