Madame Manet au piano

Manet, Edouard (1832-1883)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1868
Height:
38.5 cm  (15 3/16 in.)
Width:
46.5 cm  (18 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Musée d’Orsay
    [Museum inv. no.: RF 1994]

Description

Portrait by Édouard Manet of his wife Suzanne (née Leenhoff). It highlights her talent as a professional pianist. Manet painted this work shortly after a similar portrait of Suzanne (with Édouard) was created by Edgar Degas and then slashed, presumable by Manet himself.

People as subjects

Leenhoff, Suzanne (1829-1906) (Musician portrait)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Grand pianoforte [2284]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1
Musée d’Orsay
image link 2
Joconde database entry

RIdIM record id

6133