The Bath
by MANET, Edouard, Pastel on cardboard, 54 x 45 cm
This painting shows M�ry Laurent, the painter’s lover. It displays all the characteristics of Manet’s mature art: his spontaneity, freshness and generosity combined with rigorous composition, in which lines and curves stand out against a still-life of mirror, dressing table, flower-printed cretonne and wallpaper.