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The Rabbit
Towards the end of his life, Manet was increasingly drawn towards still life. Here is shown a rabbit hanging outside between a window and a trellis. It is one of four decorative panels which he painted in the summer of 1881 near Versailles. That year Manet finally received a medal from the Salon and was made a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur. This subject is traditional, but its free technique is assertively Impressionist. Gwendoline Davies purchased this work at Paris in December 1917.
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2466
Creation/Production
MANET, Édouard
Role: Creation
Date: 1881
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/4/1952
Measurements
Height: 97.5cm
Width: 61.0cm
h(cm) frame:117.8
w(cm) frame:81.5
d(cm) frame:7.5
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
Gallery 16
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Comments - (2)
Hi there James and Terry
I have consulted our Department of Art who have confirmed that the canvas is 97.5 x 61 cms (hxw) as above. I have checked our records and there is nothing on the back of the work that corresponds to the mark you mention. The work is currently on display so it would not be possible to to make an appointment to view the back on this occasion.
Thank you for your enquiry,
Sara
Digital Team
We are particularly interested to know if a frame-maker or menuisier's stamp or impressed mark has been recorded on verso stretcher.
We are researching a portrait believed associated with the artist's student, which bears a feint menuiser's stamp of anchor and entwined rope within a c.30mm roundel.
We wonder if the mark is familiar, or whether the Museum's time resources would allow for such obscure inquiry.
Alternatively, may we make an appointment to examine the verso for impressed marks?
Looking fwd to your reply,
James Gorin & Terry Wilcox