was submitted by Manet for exhibition at the 1869 Salon, a work which exemplifies Manet's artistic treatment of his subjects and models. The first impression is nothing more than that of a loose association of figures around a table in a cool arrangement of space. A slightly blase-looking, casually dressed young man, Leon Koella-Lecnhoff, is leaning against the front of the table. He was allegedly the younger brother of Manet's wife, Suzanne Leenhoff, hut was in fact her son, probably from a relationship with Manet prior to their marriage.