Laure (art model)

Laure
La Négresse (1862-63) by Édouard Manet
Born
unknown
OccupationArt model
Years active1859–1867
Known forOlympia by Édouard Manet

Laure was an art model in France known for her work with artist Édouard Manet. She is best known for posing as the black maid offering the white nude figure a bouquet of flowers in Manet's 1863 painting Olympia.

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