Why it matters
Fashionable friends play croquet, the game of the moment, in a garden. It is Manet's closest approach to Impressionism.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1873.
- The players include the painter Alfred Stevens and the model Victorine Meurent.
- It is in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Croquet Game (CC BY-SA 4.0).
