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ARTIST: Edouard Manet (France, 1832-1883)

TITLE OF WORK: Tambourine (Tambour de basque)

TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on parchment

DATE: 1879

DIMENSIONS: 25 cm diameter

COMMENTS: Manet painted the tambourines for a charity sale given in 1879 at the Hippodrome de Paris for the benefit of the victims of the floods of the town of Murcia.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain

DANCE FORM: Spanish dance