1867, Édouard Manet, Olympia (planche grande) [Olympia (Large Plate)] -- Auckland Art Gallery

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Reproducing one of the most scandalous paintings ever made, Édouard Manet's etching depicts 'Olympia', a naked Parisian prostitute propped stiffly on a bed, attended by a Black maid named Laure and an arching cat. When it was first exhibited in 1865, the original painting of Olympia, 1863 by Manet was recognised as an obscene parody of Titian's 16th-century nude painting of the goddess Venus. At the same time Manet's replacement of a goddess with a 'tart’ forced the sexual hypocrisy of modern French life onto centre stage. A further uncomfortable reality was the ambiguous moral status of artists' models at the time, which would have called into question the reputation of this 'Olympia', Victorine Meurent (1844-1927), an artist in her own right. Attired only with an orchid, a choker, jewellery, a fluffy slipper and a fringed shawl, she defends her body with one hand and a challenging stare.

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