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Boy Carrying a Sword

$425.00 USD
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The Art You'll Love, The Quality You Deserve

Museum-Quality Reproduction: Experience the vibrancy and detail of a classic masterpiece. We use Giclée printing on archival-grade Fredrix canvas, ensuring rich, lasting colors that will stay beautiful for a lifetime.

  • Free Shipping: Free shipping on all orders to the continental United States of America.

  • Unconditional Guarantee: If you don't love your new art, return it and we'll give a full refund, that's the Canvas Classics Promise.

  • Hand-Embellished for Authenticity: This isn't just a flat print. Our skilled artisans hand-embellish each piece with clear gesso, adding authentic brushstroke texture and dimensionality that brings the artwork to life.

  • Ready to Hang, Right Away: Your new art comes stretched on sustainably sourced Appalachian Poplar hardwood and is luxuriously framed in one of our three premium imported resin finishes. We've even included a Kraft paper dust cover and all the wire hangers and hardware you need, so it’s ready to hang as soon as it arrives.

  • Proudly Made in the USA: Every Canvas Classics piece is made to order with care and precision in our own studio right here in North Florida. Check out the video below!
When will I get my order?

At Canvas Classics all of our artwork is made to order and to your specifications. Please allow our artisans and framers 2-3 business days to produce and ship. We will email you with tracking information at time of shipping.

Artwork Description

Boy Carrying a Sword – Édouard Manet, 1861
Framed Canvas Reproduction

Poised between elegance and playful formality, Boy Carrying a Sword is one of Édouard Manet’s earliest and most refined portrait studies—painted in 1861 and infused with both Spanish influence and quiet theatricality. The young subject, dressed in a richly detailed 17th-century-style costume, stands upright and dignified, holding a slender sword that appears almost too large for his frame—an image of youthful pride tinged with irony.

Manet’s brushwork is confident and deliberate, capturing textures of velvet, silk, and steel with painterly restraint. Inspired by the regal simplicity of Spanish Golden Age masters like Velázquez, Manet departs from academic precision to focus on mood, presence, and tonal contrast. The boy, modeled by Léon Leenhoff (possibly Manet’s own son), gazes forward with a gentle mixture of seriousness and vulnerability, blurring the line between costume and character.

This museum-quality framed canvas reproduction preserves the atmospheric lighting, subdued palette, and psychological subtlety of the original. Ideal for collectors of portraiture, Spanish-influenced works, or Manet’s early masterpieces, Boy Carrying a Sword brings quiet sophistication and timeless charm to any classic interior.

Materials + Care

Canvas Classics uses premium materials at every step of production so that your artwork will last a lifetime with appropriate care.

Archival quality Fredrix canvas, sustainably sourced Appalachian poplar stretcher frames, and premium, imported resin moulding set us apart from other reproduction artwork.

Care for your artwork by dusting with a dry cloth. If need be, use a cloth dampened with water for more serious spills. Do NOT use any type of cleaning agent on the frame or print.

Shipping + Returns

Free Shipping to the continental United States.

We strive to produce and ship all orders in a timely manner, working diligently to ensure that your items are on their way to you as soon as possible.

Because all items are made to order, please allow 2-3 business days for your new artwork to ship. We will send you an email with tracking information once artwork ships.

Satisfaction guaranteed. If at any point within the first 30 days of receiving your artwork, you are not fully satisfied, let us know and we'll send you a return label for the original box you received your artwork in.

Here is a video showing the process from start to finish.

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