Le Fifre

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Le Fifre is a famous 1866 painting by Édouard Manet depicting a young military fifer in a strikingly flat, simplified style that anticipates modern art.

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Le Fifre canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
alternativeTitle The Fifer ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance anticipates modernist flatness ⓘ
key work in Manet's oeuvre ⓘ
artist Édouard Manet ⓘ
artisticStyle Japanese-influenced composition ⓘ
flat simplified style ⓘ
backgroundColor neutral gray ⓘ
catalogueRaisonnéNumber Wildenstein 67 (approximate reference) ⓘ
linked to: Wildenstein
collection Musée d'Orsay collection ⓘ
linked to: Musée d'Orsay
commissionedBy none ⓘ
compositionFeature flat background ⓘ
frontal pose ⓘ
full-length single figure ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Édouard Manet ⓘ
depicts Spanish-style military uniform ⓘ
young military fifer ⓘ
era 19th-century art ⓘ
exhibitedAt Salon des Refusés ⓘ
firstPublicExhibitionYear 1867 ⓘ
genre portrait painting ⓘ
height 161 cm ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second French Empire ⓘ
iconography French military musician ⓘ
inception 1866 ⓘ
influenceOn modern painting ⓘ
inspiredBy Diego Velázquez ⓘ
Spanish court portraiture ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
locatedIn Paris ⓘ
location Musée d'Orsay ⓘ
mainColor black ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
movement Realism ⓘ
early modern art ⓘ
owner French state ⓘ
previousLocation Jeu de Paume ⓘ
linked to: Jeu de Paume Museum

Louvre Museum ⓘ
reception initially rejected by official Salon ⓘ
relatedWorkByArtist Luncheon on the Grass ⓘ
Olympia ⓘ
subjectAge adolescent boy ⓘ
technique oil on canvas ⓘ
title Le Fifre ⓘ
width 97 cm ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Fifer → title → Le Fifre ⓘ
Le Fifre → title → Le Fifre ⓘ