Ernest Chesneau said that this figure's left hand "in the form of a toad, provokes hilarity," and T.J. Clark noted that her hand "enraged and exalted the critics as nothing else did." Dark green curtains hang in the right background and are drawn above and behind the main figure. Victorine Meurent posed for this painting, whose main figure wears a black ribbon around her neck, tan shoes, a bracelet, and a flower behind her ear. The main figure reclines upon rumpled bedclothes, and a black cat stands at right. To the left of the cat, a black servant brings flowers, pres
Ernest Chesneau said that this figure's left hand "in the form of a toad, provokes hilarity," and T.J. Clark noted that her hand "enraged and exalted the critics as nothing else did." Dark green curtains hang in the right background and are drawn above and behind the main figure. Victorine Meurent posed for this painting, whose main figure wears a black ribbon around her neck, tan shoes, a bracelet, and a flower behind her ear. The main figure reclines upon rumpled bedclothes, and a black cat stands at right. To the left of the cat, a black servant brings flowers, presumably from the central figure's next client. FTP, name this 1863 painting of a reclining nude by Edouard Manet.
Ernest Chesneau said that this figure's left hand "in the form of a toad, provokes hilarity," and T.J. Clark noted that her hand "enraged and exalted the critics as nothing else did.
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