Susie Maguire's short story based on Edouard Manet’s ‘Olympia’.

It's told through the eyes of the black cat seen at the foot of the bed on which the model, Victorine Meurent, poses naked for the artist in 1863.

Read by Anton Lesser.

A collection of short stories in which a famous painting, or a character within the painting, tells their tale.

Producer: Julia Butt

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001. Show less