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USA / Germany: US soldiers display Edouard Manet's masterpiece 'In the Conservatory' (1879) removed by the Nazis and concealed in the Merkers salt mine,15 April,1945. The painting is now in the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

<i>In the Conservatory</i> (French: 'Dans la serre') is an 1879 oil painting by Edouard Manet (1832-1883) in the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin. The setting is a conservatory at 70 Rue d'Amsterdam in Paris, then owned by painter Otto Rosen and which Manet used as a studio for nine months in 1878 and 1879.<br/><br/>. The painting was exhibited in the 1879 Paris Salon and was regarded as surprisingly conservative for Manet. Jules-Antoine Castagnary said it portrayed 'the elegance of fashionable life.'<br/><br/>. This photograph shows soldiers in the Merkers salt mine posing with <i>In the Conservatory</i>, after it was brought there to protect it during the war.
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Title:
USA / Germany: US soldiers display Edouard Manet's masterpiece 'In the Conservatory' (1879) removed by the Nazis and concealed in the Merkers salt mine,15 April,1945. The painting is now in the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
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In the Conservatory (French: 'Dans la serre') is an 1879 oil painting by Edouard Manet (1832-1883) in the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin. The setting is a conservatory at 70 Rue d'Amsterdam in Paris, then owned by painter Otto Rosen and which Manet used as a studio for nine months in 1878 and 1879.

. The painting was exhibited in the 1879 Paris Salon and was regarded as surprisingly conservative for Manet. Jules-Antoine Castagnary said it portrayed 'the elegance of fashionable life.'

. This photograph shows soldiers in the Merkers salt mine posing with In the Conservatory, after it was brought there to protect it during the war.
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4800 x 3864 px | 53.1 MB
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40.6 x 32.7 cm | 16.0 x 12.9 in (300 dpi)
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