Manet’s ‘Olympia’ and the painting that inspired it, Titian’s ‘Venus or Urbino”, are currently on display, side by side, in Venice. Naturally, I couldn’t let an opportunity to replicate a familiar kind of pose, from two great artists, go unmarked.

Titian’s ‘Venus of Urbino’

Manet’s’Olympia’

So…armed with a couple of models, and after some time spent searching out a suitable location, here’s my own version of the pose for the SL generation

Harry