CAROLUS-DURAN
(b. 1837, Lille, d. 1917, Paris)

After the Swimming

1899
Oil on canvas, 72 x 99 cm
Private collection

The painter was influenced by Manet. Like Manet in the Nymph Surprised he placed a sitting nude by a stream, and as in Manet's Dejeuner sur l'herbe, nudes and a figure in modern dress are present in a rural setting.