Details

Object type

painting

Title

The Ham

Artist/Maker

Édouard Manet artist

Culture/School

French

Place Associated

France, Paris

Date

circa 1875-1880

Materials

oil on canvas

Dimensions

framed: 549 mm x 630 mm x 90 mm 8900 g; unframed: 324 mm x 412 mm

Description

Throughout his life Manet exhibited at the Paris Salon or attempted to exhibit there. In 1863 when his Déjeuner sur l’herbe was rejected he included it in the notorious Salon des Refusées. He met Zola and some of the future Impressionists at the café Guerbois but although he then experimented with painting out of doors, and adopted a lighter palette, he never showed at their exhibitions.

X-ray investigation has shown that Manet deliberately painted out various objects in this still-life to make the composition simpler. The ham itself is painted in thin, translucent layers which suggest the bloom on the piece of meat and the texture of the fat and rind. This painting once belonged to Degas.

Credit Line/Donor

Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944

Collection

Burrell Collection: Pictures [Oils, Pastels and Watercolours]

ID Number

35.308

Location

In storage

Related People

Eugène Pertuiset owner