# Olympia

By [Édouard Manet](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/edouard-manet.md>), 1863.

Manet confronts conventions of the reclining nude with flat light, abrupt contrasts, modern details, and the sitter's direct gaze.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 130.5 × 190 cm
- Collection: [Musée d'Orsay](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/musee-orsay.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/olympia-712>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>), [Modernism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/modernism.md>)

## Image

![A reclining nude woman looks directly outward while a servant presents flowers behind her.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/orsay-olympia/full.jpg?v=6b0bc74daabf7dd350d0511980d62b8704014dcc84e0977c26a5087683abef5f>)

## Sources & credits

- Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
- Given to the French state by public subscription, 1890
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edouard_Manet_-_Olympia_-_Google_Art_Project_3.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Musée d'Orsay collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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