Musée d’Orsay · 1863
Olympia
Édouard Manet
Manet paints a reclining nude who stares directly back at the viewer instead of looking away, turning a classical pose into an uncomfortably modern confrontation.
Why it matters
Manet paints a reclining nude who stares directly back at the viewer instead of looking away, turning a classical pose into an uncomfortably modern confrontation.
Look closer
Meet her gaze rather than her body — Manet composed the painting so you cannot avoid it.
Its 1865 Salon debut caused one of the biggest public scandals in the history of French painting.
Value context
ELYIO places this work in an indicative editorial context of €55–85 million.
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