French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris · 428 works on DiscoverArt
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.
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.
























































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