Édouard Manet (1832–1883)
The Urchin, 1862
Lithograph on cream chine collé on white wove paper
Sheet: 20 1/16 x 14 15/16 in. (51 x 37.9 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1962.81
This lithograph is a reinterpretation of one of the artist’s canvases, which he based on paintings by Murillo and Velázquez known through reproductive prints. Manet’s image of a street-smart gamin attests to the artist’s immersion in Spanish art, as well as the productive exchange between painting and prints that informed his work in both media.