Boy with Pitcher (La Régalade)

Museum record 29392: Boy with Pitcher (La Régalade) by Édouard Manet. A verified entry point for discovery.

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X-radiographs have revealed that this painting is a fragment of Les Gitanos , a large portrait of an itinerant family that Édouard Manet exhibited in 1863 and 1867. Apparently dissatisfied with the composition, he cut the painting into sections, which he reconceived as individual works of art. Two of these sections, Bohémien and Still Life with Bag and Garlic , are in the collection of the Louvre Abu Dhabi; the final section, Bohémienne , is lost. To make this portion a standalone work, Manet painted ove…