Mademoiselle Louise Riesener in a Hat
Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)
c. 1877–80
Medium
pastel on pale blue laid paper
Dimensions
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Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
Accession Number
1958.41
Tags
female
About this artwork
One of the only women associated with Impressionism, Berthe Morisot produced nearly 200 pastels. Cleveland’s collection is among the few in the United States featuring more than one example. Louise Riesener was a socialite and lifelong friend of Morisot’s, identified as the subject of this pastel by Morisot’s daughter, Julie Manet, decades after its acquisition by Cleveland industrialist Leonard C. Hanna Jr.