Why it matters
A young fifer of the Spanish army stands against a flat, neutral background. Manet was inspired by Velázquez, whose work he had seen at the Prado in 1865.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1866.
- The Salon of 1866 rejected it.
- Émile Zola defended Manet in a series of newspaper articles.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Fifer (CC BY-SA 4.0).
