Rediscovered chalk drawing of child attributed to Édouard Manet

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Left · Published: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:55:44 GMT

Exclusive: Work, whose subject resembles street urchin in masterpiece by artist, chanced upon in private collectionA red chalk drawing of a crouching child, spotted in a private Italian collection, has been attributed by an art historian to the French modernist painter Édouard Manet.The child, whose identity has yet to be established, resembles a street urchin in the Manet masterpiece The Old Musician, in which he sought to show the humanity of homeless and marginalised people. Continue reading...

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