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Les Bulles de savon
Boy blowing bubbles
Édouard Manet · 1867
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
Lisbon, Portugal
About this painting
Manet's stepson Léon again models, here blowing soap bubbles — a centuries-old vanitas symbol for life's fragility, updated in Manet's bold brushwork.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
101 × 81 cm (39.8 × 31.9 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon
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