"The Execution of Maximilian" by ​Édouard Manet

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The French modernist painter Édouard Manet, was one of the earliest 19th-century artists to paint contemporary events. In this film, Lizzie Perrotte tells us the tumultuous story behind Manet's most important history painting, The Execution of Maximilian.

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