# Masked Ball at the Opera

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MANET, Edouard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 59 x 72 cm

## Commentary

This painting is suggestive of Manet&#39;s ironic delight in the behaviour of the gentlemen in tails and top hats, providing him with an opportunity to shine at black, and the gaiety of the colourful girls. The top edge of the painting emphasizes the cropped nature of this sectional view.

## Related artworks

- [A Bar at the Folies-Bergère \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/a-bar-at-the-folies-bergre-detail-rfa641fb125e527>)
- [A Bar at the Folies-Bergère](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/a-bar-at-the-folies-bergre-r8094e80ad1d9d5>)
- [A Matador \(Matador Saluting\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/a-matador-matador-saluting-r6528d940a4e4cc>)
- [Argenteuil](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/argenteuil-r2f4dac903cd237>)
- [At Longchamp Racecourse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/at-longchamp-racecourse-r843fec6f714dc2>)
- [At Père Lathuille](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/at-pre-lathuille-rced1c6576e0ee2>)
- [At the Café \(Bock Drinkers\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/at-the-caf-bock-drinkers-raba37f8e29881b>)
- [At the Café](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/at-the-caf-r46b4b987e64e94>)
- [Baudelaire Bareheaded, Full Face](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/baudelaire-bareheaded-full-face-r2b099fbf78760a>)
- [Baudelaire with Hat, in Profile](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/baudelaire-with-hat-in-profile-r475ca11c7cc64c>)
- [Baudelaire&#39;s Mistress Reclining](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/baudelaires-mistress-reclining-r86106bcc189f93>)
- [Bench in the Garden at Versailles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/bench-in-the-garden-at-versailles-r7b633ead9be41a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)