# Une rue de Paris en mai 1871

By [Maximilien Luce](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/maximilien-luce.md>), 1903–1905.

A rare history painting memorializing the Commune's defeated rather than its victors.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 151 × 225.8 cm
- Collection: [Musée d'Orsay](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/musee-orsay.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/une-rue-de-paris-en-mai-1871-661>)

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

## Image

![Bodies of fallen Communards lie in a damaged Paris street while a few figures move through pale smoke.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/musee-orsay-debf4d0a747e7490/full.jpg?v=d486a1cdfdd8385461b5291665ed96d4ce36c348a63dadc55667c944b2fbeaa0>)

## Sources & credits

- Google Art Project via Wikimedia Commons; public domain.
- Gift of Frédéric Luce, 1946; Musée d'Orsay
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maximilien_Luce_-_A_Street_in_Paris_in_May_1871_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Musée d'Orsay collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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