The Rue Mosnier with Flags by Manet - Poster

This painting is on display in the Getty Museum. It shows a street full of French flags on the day that the French people celebrated the fête de la Republique. This work is painted during the afternoon of June 30, 1878. Several well-dressed people walk through the street, and we can see some horse-drawn carriages as well. On the lower left is a man with one leg. He hunches and wears a blue cape. He is dressed as a laborer and is probably a war veteran. Behind the laborer is a ladder, and to his left is half of a railroad track. To the left of this track is a wooden fence, behind which are the leftovers of a building that had collapsed. On that spot, a new train station was built, the Gare Saint-Lazare. More detailed information can be found at https://www.tripimprover.com/blog/the-rue-mosnier-with-flags-by-eduoard-manet