Manet Seated, Turned to the Right

Manet Seated, Turned to the Right — Edgar Degas. 1864–65.

Medium: etching and drypoint. Dimensions: Image and Plate: 19.5 x 12.5 cm (7 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 31 x 22.1 cm (12 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

This print is one of three etched portraits in which Edgar Degas commemorated his friendship with Édouard Manet, notorious at this time for his participation in the 1863 Salon des Refusés. Created as Degas was beginning to experiment with printmaking, the work features its subject posed before a large canvas and stretchers within a studio. Around 1862, Degas began to develop the composition through a drawing in which he closely studied aspects of the image—from Manet’s figure and likeness to his discarded top hat.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.