Édouard Manet. Exotic Flower (Woman in a Mantilla). 1868. France. Etching and aquatint in brown on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé) Exotic Flower is an original composition, not based on a painting. A model for the etching is found among the Caprichos of Goya; unlike Goya, Manet visually isolated his figure, choosing not to provide a context for it.

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