71 Edouard Manet, The Mocking of Christ, 1865, oil on canvas, 190.3...

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Description: Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers

TitleJesus Mocked by the Soldiers

Creator nameManet, Edouard

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1865

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions74 7/8 x 58 3/8 in. (190.3 × 148.3 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16499

Accession number1925.703

SubjectsJesus Christ--Passion--ArtSoldiers in artPainting, French--19th centuryRealism in artHistory of Biblical events--Art

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4. Manet Père et Fils

Nancy Locke

Manet and the Family Romance

IF SOCIETY COLUMNISTS found humor in the topic of the legitimation of bastard children, it...

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Nancy Locke

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.114-146

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00272.005

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Chapter subject tags:Artists--Family relationshipsReligion in artPsychoanalysisPainting, French--Spanish influencesRealism

History Painting

Anne Coffin Hanson

Manet and the Modern Tradition

~Those writers who believe that Manet’s subject matter was just a pretext for painting are most puzzled by his forays into the realm of ‘history painting’ since these generally involved subjects which Manet could not have seen in everyday life, and since they seemed, in some ways, to be concessions to academic requirements. While it...

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Anne Coffin Hanson

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.103-127

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00079.014

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Chapter subject tags:Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883History painting, French--19th centuryBible--History of Biblical events--ArtArt criticism--France--History--19th centuryArt--Public opinion--France--19th centuryManet, Édouard, 1832-1883. Execution of the Emperor Maximilian

6. Mlle V. . . . In the Costume of . . . : Painting and Exhibiting Victorine between 1862 and 1868

Carol Armstrong

Manet Manette

~Manet probably painted Victorine Meurent for the first time in 1862. The earliest painting of her, which he never exhibited, was arguably the only time he painted her as “herself” (fig. 63). Of the large-scale, full-length paintings in which she later figured, some represented her in modern...

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Carol Armstrong

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.135-172

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00080.009

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Chapter subject tags:Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883Meurent, VictorinePainting, French--19th centuryPainting, French--Spanish influencesPortrait painting, French--19th centuryNude in art--France--19th centuryWomen and gender--France--19th century

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