The Rue Mosnier with Flags

Édouard Manet

1878

Oil on canvas, Oil, Canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum

A street scene is depicted with buildings lining one side and a person walking away from the viewer on the sidewalk. French flags are strung across the street, and a horse-drawn carriage is visible. A street scene is depicted with buildings lining one side and a person walking away from the viewer on the sidewalk. French flags are strung across the street, and a horse-drawn carriage is visible. To commemorate the recent Exposition Universelle, itself a celebration of luxury and prosperity, the French government declared June 30, 1878, a national holiday. The holiday, called the Fête de la Paix (Celebration of Peace), also marked France's recovery from the disastrous Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and the bloody, divisive Paris Commune that followed. From his second-floor window, Édouard Manet captured the holiday afternoon wi