Christ aux anges

1866 to 1867

Édouard Manet French, 1832-1883

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The history of printmaking includes many prints made by one artist copying the work of another. Occasionally these reproductive prints were admired for the skill they displayed but rarely were they considered equal in creativity to the original work they copied. This print by Manet is based on the artist's painting of the same subject now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. By reworking the composition into a print version himself rather than turning the task over to a collaborator, Manet demonstrated his belief that the process involved more than rote transcription. His intention was to create a graphic equivalent of the painting. Dead Christ with Angels was never issued in an edition, so only a few impressions exist.

Title Christ aux anges

Artwork Date 1866 to 1867

Artist Édouard Manet

Life Dates 1832-1883

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Etching and aquatint printed in black ink on china paper

Dimensions Plate: 15 3/8 × 12 3/4 inches (39.1 × 32.4 cm) Image: 12 3/4 inches × 11 inches (32.4 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 17 1/8 × 12 7/8 inches (43.5 × 32.7 cm) Framed: 26 1/4 inches × 21 1/4 inches × 1 inches (66.7 × 54 × 2.5 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, General Endowment Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 70.588

Markings

Signed Signed, in pencil, not by the artist, lower left: Manet

Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, bottom left margin: 1r Etat. Inscribed, lower left corner: 16 Inscribed, lower right edge: A Inscribed, lower right edge: 44 Inscribed, lower right corner: 24(7)/14

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Philippe Burty
Edgar Degas;
Rouart Collection.
1970-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Édouard Manet. Exh. cat., International Exhibitions Foundation. Washington, D.C., 1985, no. 37.

Sojka, Nancy. "What is the Graphic Arts Collection at the DIA?" Bulletin of the DIA 80, no. 1/2 (2006): p. 10, (fig. 9).

Manet/Degas. Exh. cat., Musée d'Orsay. Paris, 2023, p. 61, no. 44 (ill.); p. 260.

Wolohojian, Stephan, and Ashley E. Dunn. Manet/Degas. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New Haven and London, 2023, p. 165, cat. no. 78 (ill.).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Édouard Manet, Christ aux anges, 1866 to 1867, etching and aquatint printed in black ink on china paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, General Endowment Fund, 70.588.