Olympia
Édouard Manet · 1863
The story
Olympia is an 1863 oil painting by Édouard Manet, depicting a nude white woman ("Olympia") lying on a bed being attended to by a black maid. The French government acquired the painting in 1890 after a public subscription organized by Claude Monet. The painting is now in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
- Artist
- Édouard Manet
- Date
- 1863
- Collection
- Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
- Movement
- French Realism
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 130.5 × 191 cm
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