Art, literature & history
The Convalescent (La convalescente)
1876/1878
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching and aquatint in dark brown on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 12.7 x 10.1 cm (5 x 4 in.) sheet: 24.4 x 15.4 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1985.32.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Édouard Manet. The Convalescent (La convalescente). Image credit: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Proportional resize and JPEG compression; full source frame retained.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Convalescent (La convalescente) — Edouard Manet. 1876/1878.
Medium: etching and aquatint in dark brown on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 12.7 x 10.1 cm (5 x 4 in.) sheet: 24.4 x 15.4 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1985.32.2. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.