The Fifer
Artist: Édouard Manet
A young military musician stands alone before us, holding his fife to his lips. Manet painted this boy fifer in 1866, and the picture is now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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Luncheon on the Grass (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe)
Artist: Édouard Manet
In this 1863 painting, a nude woman sits on the grass beside two fully clothed men while a second woman bathes in a stream behind them. The work placed a familiar outdoor scene into a modern setting and was shown at the Salon des Refusés in 1863.
Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets
Artist: Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet painted his fellow artist Berthe Morisot in 1872, showing her with a small bouquet of violets. This docent-led visit looks closely at the portrait and explains what the supplied evidence can and cannot tell us about its subject and making.
The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian (L'exécution de Maximilien)
Artist: Édouard Manet
A gallery guide to Édouard Manet's 1868 lithograph of the execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, made a year after the event, showing the firing squad at the moment of the volley and three condemned figures.
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