Suzanne Manet at Bellevue
Medium
Brush and black wash over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
6-3/16 x 4-5/8 in. (15.7 x 11.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1998
Accession Number
1998.106
Tags
Women
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Suzanne Manet · 1832–1883
Édouard Manet (1832-1883) was a French painter who played a pivotal role in the transition from Realism to Impressionism, often called the 'Father of Modern Art.' Born into a wealthy Parisian family, Manet defied his father's wishes for a legal career to pursue painting, studying under academic artist Thomas Couture. His revolutionary works 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' and 'Olympia' (both 1863) scand...