Olympia Framing options:Rolled canvas The painting represents a naked

The painting represents a naked woman holding in her hands a jar pouring water

She becomes his most frequently painted model and at the same time a secretly loved lover

By its technique

ƒtretat in Normandy was one of Claude Monet's favorite places to study in the 1880s

Olympia Framing options:Rolled canvas The painting represents a nakedExhibited at the Salon of 1865, Olympia caused a stir. Evoking one of the characters in Alexandre Dumas' bestselling La Dame aux Camlias, the canvas depicts a young prostitute, on an unmade bed, waiting for her next client. douard Manet reinvents the theme of the elongated Venus here, giving it a contemporary and provocative character.