Boy Carrying a Sword [SEP] collection
Boy Carrying a Sword
Boy Carrying a Sword is an 1861 oil painting by the French artist Édouard Manet and is now displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The work depicts a small boy costumed as a page of the Spanish court of the seventeenth century; he is holding a full-sized sword and sword belt. The work was later reproduced as an engraving under the direction of Dijon painter and etcher Alphonse Legros who collaborated in the work.
According to Émile Zola, the work is typical of
Kenny".
Museum collection Collections on loan.
In addition to the permanent collection, Galway City Museum also retains on loan from a number of sources;
- Civic Collection:
The Civic Sword and Mace. The sword dates from the Charter of King James I, which gave authority in 1610 for the carrying of such a weapon before the mayor. Edward Eyre, Mayor of Galway, presented the mace, manufactured in Dublin in 1710, to the town of Galway in 1712.
The Daly Collection, which