Original information about the work of art from the museum's website (© - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The matador is the illustrious Cayetano Sanz y Pozas (1821–1890), who Manet saw in action during an 1865 trip to Spain—his only visit, despite a longstanding fascination with seventeenth-century Spanish art. This canvas, the first of the full-length figure paintings that Manet completed after studying the works of Velázquez in Madrid, was made upon his return to France. Unlike the artist’s previous depictions of bullfighters, Cayetano Sanz carries a proper red cape. Manet showed the picture, along with some twenty others on Spanish themes, at his solo exhibition in a pavilion adjacent to the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
Product explanation
This more than 150 year-old masterpiece A Matador was painted by the male French painter Édouard Manet. The 150 year-old version of the painting had the exact dimensions: 67 3/8 x 44 1/2 in (171,1 x 113 cm) and was produced with the techinque of oil on canvas. It is part of the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. This work of art, which is in the public domain is being included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. The creditline of the artwork is: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. In addition to this, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with an image ratio of 2 : 3, which means that the length is 33% shorter than the width. Édouard Manet was a painter, whose style can be classified as Realism. The painter was born in 1832 and deceased at the age of 51 in 1883.
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About the painter
Artist: | Édouard Manet |
Gender of the artist: | male |
Artist nationality: | French |
Jobs of the artist: | painter |
Country: | France |
Classification of the artist: | modern artist |
Styles: | Realism |
Life span: | 51 years |
Birth year: | 1832 |
Died: | 1883 |
Place of death: | 8th arrondissement of Paris |
Structured information on the work of art
Title of the artpiece: | "A Matador" |
Artwork categorization: | painting |
General term: | modern art |
Period: | 19th century |
Created in: | 1866 |
Approximate age of artwork: | 150 years |
Original medium: | oil on canvas |
Dimensions of the original artwork: | 67 3/8 x 44 1/2 in (171,1 x 113 cm) |
Museum / collection: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Museum location: | New York City, New York, United States of America |
Available at: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
License type: | public domain |
Courtesy of: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 |
Creditline: | H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 |
Product specs
Product classification: | fine art print |
Method of reproduction: | digital reproduction |
Production technique: | UV direct print (digital printing) |
Origin of the product: | German-made |
Type of stock: | on demand |
Product usage: | wall gallery, wall décor |
Artwork alignment: | portrait alignment |
Aspect ratio: | length : width - 2 : 3 |
Side ratio interpretation: | the length is 33% shorter than the width |
Item material variants: | poster print (canvas paper), canvas print, metal print (aluminium dibond), acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) |
Canvas print (canvas on stretcher frame) size options: | 20x30cm - 8x12", 40x60cm - 16x24", 60x90cm - 24x35", 80x120cm - 31x47", 100x150cm - 39x59" |
Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) sizes: | 20x30cm - 8x12", 40x60cm - 16x24", 60x90cm - 24x35", 80x120cm - 31x47" |
Poster print (canvas paper) variants: | 40x60cm - 16x24", 60x90cm - 24x35", 80x120cm - 31x47" |
Aluminium print: | 20x30cm - 8x12", 40x60cm - 16x24", 60x90cm - 24x35", 80x120cm - 31x47" |
Frame: | no frame |
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