In this painting Manet depictes the Opera on the rue le Peletier which was destroyed by fire while he was still working on it. All classes of society attended the opera and sat according to their means. Manet went to the Opera to make sketches and in his studio had friends and models pose for the painting. Manet himself appears, second figure from the right with the blonde beard. His card appears to have fallen to the floor at the bottom right. |
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