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Towards the end of his life, Manet was increasingly drawn towards still life. Here is shown a rabbit hanging outside between a window and a trellis. It is one of four decorative panels which he painted in the summer of 1881 near Versailles. That year Manet finally received a medal from the Paris Salon and was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. This subject is traditional, but its free technique is assertively Impressionist. Gwendoline Davies (1882–1951) purchased this work in Paris in December 1917.

National Museum Cardiff

Title

The Rabbit

Date

1881

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 97.5 x W 61 cm

Accession number

NMW A 2466

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Gwendoline Davies, 1951

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Label: LOAN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES (IN AID OF THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES) AGNEW'S GALLERIES LONDON 1956 ARTIST MANET TITLE LE LAPIN MUSEUM CATALOGUE No. 784 No. IN EXHIBITION 41 Label: LE LAPIN Label: MANET Label: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY ABERYSTWYTH Label: 362 Label: TITLE OF.... LE LAPIN ARTIST MANET LENT BY THE MISSES DAVIES GREGYNOG EXHIBITED 1945 (15) 1950

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