Which Happened First?

Creation of Olympia

Creation of Olympia
Image: Édouard Manet · Public domain · source

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.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Creation of Music in the Tuileries1862
  2. Creation of Stańczyk1862
  3. Creation of The Turkish Bath1862
  4. Creation of Luncheon on the Grass1863
  5. Creation of Olympia (this page)1863
  6. Creation of The Birth of Venus1863

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