Art, literature & history
The Urchin
1861–62
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Etching, final state (II) in brown ink on laid white paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 8 1/4 x 5 3/4in. (21 x 14.6cm) sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 1/2in. (43.8 x 31.8cm)
- Collection no.
- 21.76.8
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Édouard Manet. The Urchin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Urchin — Édouard Manet. 1861–62.
Medium: Etching, final state (II) in brown ink on laid white paper. Dimensions: plate: 8 1/4 x 5 3/4in. (21 x 14.6cm) sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 1/2in. (43.8 x 31.8cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1921.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
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.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.