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Manet's humour combines with his love of pretty women and their clothes in this painting. Humour is present since the subject Manet had chosen was a gigolo of prepossessing air seducing a much older woman under the ironic eye of the waiter. The admirably free composition was painted at the restaurant Du Père Lathuille, and features the owner's son as the gigolo. The woman was Mlle Judith French, a relative of Offenbach. Manet does wonders with their costumes, feasting himself on the details.
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