Edouard Manet, 'At the Café', 1878
About the work
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- Full title
- At the Café
- Artist
- Edouard Manet
- Artist dates
- 1832 - 1883
- Date made
- 1878
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 78 × 84 cm
- Inscription summary
- Signed; Dated
- Acquisition credit
- The Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture, Oskar Reinhart Collection 'Am Römerholz', Winterthur.
- Inventory number
- L1353
- Location
- Room 41
- Image copyright
- The Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture, Oskar Reinhart Collection 'Am Römerholz', Winterthur., © The Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture, Oskar Reinhart Collection 'Am ROmerholz', Winterthur
- Collection
- Main Collection
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