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In the line of fire: Manet's 'The Execution of Maximilian'

Exhibition history

  • ‘Nineteenth-Century French Paintings’, The National Gallery, London, 1942, no. 10 ( ‘A non-commissioned officer holding his rifle’).
  • ‘Paintings from the Louvre: Manet and His Circle’, Tate Gallery, London, 24 April-7 June 1954, no. 6 (‘The firing squad’), no. 7 (‘A non-commissioned officer holding his rifle’).
  • ‘Edouard Manet 1832-1883’, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 3 November-11 December 1966; Art Institute of Chicago, 13 January-19 February 1967, no. 85A  (‘The firing squad’), no. 85B (‘A non-commissioned officer holding his rifle’).
  • ‘The Working of the National Gallery (150th Anniversary Exhibition)’, The National Gallery, London, 10 May-7 July 1974 (‘A non-commissioned officer holding his rifle’).
  • ‘Artist’s Eye: Sir Anthony Caro’, The National Gallery, London, 1-24 July 1977 (‘A non-commissioned officer holding his rifle’). 
  • ‘The Artist’s Eye: Howard Hodgkin’, The National Gallery, London, 20 June-19 August 1979, no. 8.
  • ‘Manet at Work’, The National Gallery, London, 10 August-9 October 1983, no. 14.
  • ‘The Artist’s Eye: Francis Bacon’, The National Gallery, London, 23 October-15 December 1985.
  • ‘Manet: The Execution of Maximilian: Painting, Politics and Censorship’, The National Gallery, London, 1 July-27 September 1992, no. 2.
  • ‘Edouard Manet: Augenblicke der Geschichte‘, Kunsthalle Mannheim, 18 October 1992-17 January 1993, no. 2.
  • ‘Degas as a Collector’, The National Gallery, London, 2 May-26 August 1996, no. 37.
  • ‘Manet and the Execution of Maximilian’, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 5 November 2006-29 January 2007.