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Edouard Manet - The absinthe drinker 1859 Traditionally full-figure pictures were reserved for portraits
of aristocracy and royalty, but Manet replaced this with something as doubtful as a drunken vagabond.
Ironically, this man is dressed in a cloak and a top hat, as if he belonged among the higher echelons of
society. - impressionist-ART.com