Manet's debt to Velázquez is evident in the compositions of Ragpicker and Tragic Actor, with nearly life-sized figures placed against an ambiguous backdrop that give the works an austere, theatrical ...
On view from Friday through March 24, 2025, the exhibition is centered on the nearly life-size portrait “Queen Mariana of Austria” (1652–53) by 17th-century Spanish painter Diego Velázquez ...