Boudin’s Luncheon Grass, the Family of Eugène (1866) is apleasant family outing in a park.
Unlike Manet’s Luncheon, this is not confrontational or sexual. Because Boudin was a friend of the Manet family, especially Eugène, this picture of them picnicking on the grass may be intended as a family portrait. If so, one of the men would be Eugène and his wife Berte Morrisot; another might be one of his brothers, Gustave or Édouard. If it is Édouard, then one of the women is probably Suzanne Leenhoff, his wife. The other woman is probably Eugénie-Désirée Manet, to whom the painting is dedicated.
Featured Image: Eugène Boudin. Luncheon Grass, the Family of Eugène Manet (1866), oil on canvas. Musée d’Orsay, Paris