Nana was painted by famous artist Edouard Manet, It is suggested that the inspiration for the painting Nana, came from the French novelist Emile Zola's book L'Assommoir, the seventh novel of a twenty-one volume series called Les Rougon-Macquart. Zola's novels explored poverty and alcoholism in the working-class of Paris, during the nineteenth century. The model for the precociously immoral Nana, was a Parisian mistress named Henriette Hauser. Nana was a common term used in the nineteenth century, for a lady of the evening.

Manet's painting depicts a young, beautiful woman, who is standing in front of a mirror. Her dress is incomplete in that she is wearing a short, sleeveless bodice, a slip, silk stockings, and high-heeled shoes. The décor of the room suggests a boudoir, and behind the woman is a settee, with a gentleman caller seated, who is dressed very elegantly with a top hat, is staring at her as she is turned to face the viewer. The title and visual depiction suggest that the subject is an upper-class courtesan or prostitute.

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