Spring is a painting by Édouard Manet that was created in . It debuted at the Paris Salon of and was considered the greatest and final public success of Manet’s Salon career.[1] It depicts Parisian actress Jeanne DeMarsy in a floral dress with parasol and bonnet against a background of lush foliage and blue sky, as the embodiment of Spring. The painting also became the first work of art ever to be published in color.

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