Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Manet kept this portrait of Morisot throughout his life, and it was listed in the inventory of his studio after his death.
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Alice Kim · Jun 2026
She was a serious painter herself — one of the original Impressionists. I only learned that recently and now I cannot look at portraits of her the same way.
Diana Moss · Jun 2026
Manet painted her over and over, and you can feel it in this one — the confidence of painting a face you know by heart. The muff is barely there but her expression is everything.
James Whitmore · Jun 2026
The backstory gets me. She married his brother, and art history has been raising an eyebrow ever since. Whatever the truth was, the paintings hold the charge.
Edouard Manet — Madame Edouard Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1829
Édouard Manet — Woman in Evening Dress