Why it matters
Tricolour flags hang along the Rue Mosnier for France's first national holiday in 1878, while a one-legged man on crutches, possibly a war veteran, walks below. Manet painted it from his studio window.
Did you know?
- The holiday was the Fête de la Paix on 30 June 1878.
- The street is now the Rue de Berne.
- It is in the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Rue Mosnier Dressed with Flags (CC BY-SA 4.0).
