Why it matters
Manet's stepson (and possibly his own son) Léon Leenhoff peels a pear. The Swedish painter Anders Zorn later owned it and gave it to the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1868.
- Léon's mother, the pianist Suzanne Leenhoff, married Manet in 1863.
- Zorn donated it in 1896.
Based on the French Wikipedia article Jeune Garçon pelant une poire (CC BY-SA 4.0).
