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A bearded man with light skin, wearing a black costume and holding a plumed hat, stands in front of mottled brown background in this vertical portrait painting. His body is angled to our left but he turns to look off to our right from the corners of his dark brown eyes. He has heavy, furrowed brows and high cheekbones. His dark mustache curls up at either end over a full beard, and his wavy chestnut-brown hair is swept back from his forehead. His black jacket has puffed sleeves with narrow ruffles of white at his collar and cuffs, and a peek of the white shirt at his chest where the row of…
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The Tragic Actor (Rouvière as Hamlet)

Edouard Manet (French, 1832 - 1883)

1866

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 187.2 x 108.1 cm (73 11/16 x 42 9/16 in.) ; framed: 216.6 x 138.4 cm (85 1/4 x 54 1/2 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Gift of Edith Stuyvesant Gerry
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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