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The Naked Truth About Manet’s ‘Olympia’

FIRST IMPRESSION

I was looking for a muse, and found in her eyes a gateway to the past, an icon for the present. Victorine Meurent was the painter’s star model but remained an enigma for 150 years.

Christopher Dickey
Christopher Dickey 

World News Editor

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Christopher Dickey

Christopher Dickey

World News Editor

christopher.dickey@thedailybeast.com

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