 The expression "image d'Épinal" has become proverbial in French and refers to an emphatically traditionalist and naïve depiction of something, showing only its good aspects.The prints were also a regular point of comparison for criticizing paintings by Courbet - notably his Burial at Ornans and Peasants of Flagey Returning from the Fair - and Manet.Acknowledging the proximity of some of Manet's works, like his Fifer, Zola turned the comparison into praise.