Musée d’Orsay · 1863
Luncheon on the Grass
Édouard Manet
Manet placed a nude woman among clothed men in a contemporary park, not a myth, and scandalized Paris by making the present day worthy of grand painting.
Why it matters
Manet placed a nude woman among clothed men in a contemporary park, not a myth, and scandalized Paris by making the present day worthy of grand painting.
Look closer
Compare the flat, almost cut-out lighting on the woman's body with the deep shadow behind her — Manet is breaking the old rules on purpose.
Rejected by the official Salon in 1863, it became the founding scandal of modern painting.
Value context
ELYIO places this work in an indicative editorial context of €55–85 million.
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