Le Bon Bock
Édouard Manet, French, 1832 - 1883
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1873Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
37 1/4 × 32 13/16 inches (94.6 × 83.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
1963-116-9Credit Line:
The Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Tyson, Jr., Collection, 1963
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1873Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
37 1/4 × 32 13/16 inches (94.6 × 83.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1963-116-9Credit Line:
The Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Tyson, Jr., Collection, 1963
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beards [x] beer [x] bellot [x] drinking [x] french salon [x] manet [x] pipe [x] portrait [x] smoking [x]Bock is a dark, rich beer made in the spring. This vivid depiction of a drinker recalls the animated portraits by seventeenth-century Dutch masters like Frans Hals that Manet greatly admired.