Édouard Manet - The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico 1868
The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico 1868
253x304cm oil/canvas
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
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The Execution of Emperor Maximilian is a series of paintings by Édouard Manet from 1867 to 1869, depicting the execution by firing squad of Emperor Maximilian I of the short-lived Second Mexican Empire. Manet produced three large oil paintings, a smaller oil sketch and a lithograph of the same subject.