Laundry

Blanchisserie (Le Linge)

Laundry

Édouard Manet · 1875

Barnes Foundation

Philadelphia, United States

About this painting

Manet elevated the everyday chore of washing clothes to the scale of grand painting, showing a mother and child amid billowing white linens in his garden.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

145 × 115 cm (57.1 × 45.3 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

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