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The Balcony by Édouard Manet, 1868
Apparently critics joked at the time that someone should just shut the shutters on this one — it got a rough reception when it first went up.
Erisava: Is there actually a second man standing in the dark behind them?
Majas on a Balcony by Francisco Goya, 1808
The museum doesn't seem certain this is actually his. There's a very close version of the same scene elsewhere and, from what I've read, people have argued for a century about which came first and who painted which. The two young women are majas — a working-class Madrid style that rich families copied.
Erisava: The two in the dark at the back — what do you think they're there for?