MANET, Edouard
(b. 1832, Paris, d. 1883, Paris)

Civil War (The Barricade)

1871
Wash and watercolour, 462 x 325 mm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

In this watercolour Manet repeats the effect applied in The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico: the soldiers aim parallel to the picture plane, putting their victims at no risk at all.