This painting of the Tuileries Gardens in Paris was Manet's first major work depicting modern city life. The band is playing and a fashionable crowd has gathered to listen. The picture includes portraits of Manet's friends and family. [url=http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/edouard-manet-music-in-the-tuileries-gardens]Read more... [The National Gallery, London][/u...
Size:
76.2 × 118.1 cm (30 × 46.5 in)
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Credit:
This photographic reproduction is in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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