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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. These were his last works.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain

DANCE FORM: Spanish dance