Le Bailarin ( Don Mariano Camprubi )

Edouard Manet

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of a man in traditional Spanish attire. The man has curly dark hair and a mustache. He wears a dark jacket with a shiny patterned fabric on the shoulders and sleeves. The jacket has fringe on the sleeves and is unbuttoned to reveal a white shirt. The shirt has billowy sleeves and a bow at the neck. The man also wears white pants tucked into black shoes. The background is a wall or backdrop with visible lines. The image is rectangular and inscribed with text at the bottom in cursive handwriting. The text reads "don Mariano Camprubi primer bailarin del teatro royal de Madrid".