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Édouard Manet - A woman pouring water 1858. The picture has subtle
allusions to Italian Renaissance painting in the poetic way Suzanne is
depicted. The colouring and the placing of the figure in front of a window
with a view of a Classical landscape, too, recalls Italian Renaissance
pictures. The painting of Suzanne forms part of a whole series of very
complex compositions in which Manet, as an avantgardist, very consci-
ously explored and challenged the tradition of painting. - ArtsViewer.com