Portrait of Madame Edouard Manet on a Blue Sofa
1874 Musée d'Orsay
About this artwork
This portrait features Suzanne Leenhoff, the wife of the artist, reclining on a tufted blue sofa. It is a work of oil on canvas held in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay.
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Suzanne Leenhoff, the woman depicted, was an accomplished pianist who initially met Manet as his brother's piano teacher. The couple had a complex, long-standing relationship that was only formalized in marriage over a decade after they met, and she remained his primary muse throughout his life.
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Portrait of Madame Edouard Manet on a Blue Sofa
Édouard Manet, 1874
