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title: The Balcony by Manet
author: Musée d'Orsay
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15391/the-balcony-by-manet/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Balcony by Manet

_Authored by Musée d'Orsay_

## Image File

[![The Balcony by Manet](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15391.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15391.png)

## Image Caption

An 1868-9 oil on canvas painting, *The Balcony*, by [Edouard Manet](https://www.worldhistory.org/Edouard_Manet/) (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Manet liked intimate scenes with a very tight focus which presented sometimes more [theatre](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/theatre/) than realism. Here, three figures stand, or rather, pose, on a balcony with their relationship left a mystery. They all look in different directions. Manet expertly uses colour, contrasting the dark interior behind the figures with white clothing and the turquoise of the shutters and railings. The boy serving drinks behind them is likely Manet's unrecognised son, Léon-Edouard. The figure on the leftt is the impressionist painter [Berthe Morisot](https://www.worldhistory.org/Berthe_Morisot/). (Musée d'Orsay, [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/))

## Cite This Work

### APA
d'Orsay, M. (2022, March 11). The Balcony by Manet. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15391/the-balcony-by-manet/>
### Chicago
d'Orsay, Musée. "The Balcony by Manet." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 11, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15391/the-balcony-by-manet/>.
### MLA
d'Orsay, Musée. "The Balcony by Manet." *World History Encyclopedia*, 11 Mar 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15391/the-balcony-by-manet/>.

## License & Copyright

[![copyright source](/images/partners/wikiart-logo-50px.png)](https://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-manet/the-balcony-1869)First published on [WikiArt.org](http://www.wikiart.org/) and republished. [Original image](https://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-manet/the-balcony-1869) by [**Musée d'Orsay**](https://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-manet/the-balcony-1869). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 11 March 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.