''Young Man Dressed as a Majo'' is an oil on canvas painting by
Édouard Manet, executed in 1863, first exhibited at that year's
Salon des Refusés alongside ''
DĂ©jeuner sur l'herbe DĂ©jeuner (French: ''luncheon'' or in Canada: ''breakfast'') may refer to:
*'' Le DĂ©jeuner en fourrure'', nickname for ''Object'', 1936 surrealist sculpture by MĂ©ret Oppenheim
*'' Le déjeuner sur l'herbe'' 1862/3 painting by Édouard Manet
*'' L ...
'' and ''
Miss V Dressed as a Bullfighter''. It is typical of the artist's Spanish period, when he was strongly influenced by
Diego Velázquez
Diego RodrĂguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptized June 6, 1599August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of th ...
and other Spanish art.
The model was Manet's youngest brother Gustave, shown in the outfit of the dashing young Spaniards known colloquially as
majos. It is now in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
See also
*
List of paintings by Édouard Manet
*
1863 in art
Events from the year 1863 in art.
Events
* March – American-born painter James McNeill Whistler settles close to the River Thames in Chelsea, London, where he will live for most of the rest of his life.
* June 12 – The Arts Club is founded b ...
References
Paintings by Édouard Manet
1863 paintings
Portraits of men
Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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