Olympia is an
oil painting on canvas by
Édouard Manet which was completed in 1863 and measures 130.5 by 190 centimetres (51 x 74.8 in).
Olympia caused controversy when first exhibited at the 1865
Paris Salon, owing to the subject's confrontational glare and adornment with details identifying her as a prostitute. The nation of France acquired the painting in 1890 after a public subscription organized by
Claude Monet. The painting is now on display at the
Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Painting: Édouard Manet; edit: Crisco 1492