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Berthe Morisot with a Muff

c. 1871–72

Édouard Manet

(French, 1832–1883)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 91.1 x 76.5 x 7.3 cm (35 7/8 x 30 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.); Unframed: 74 x 60 cm (29 1/8 x 23 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1958.34
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Location
On view at Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, Oct 11, 2025 - Feb 15, 2026
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Manet kept this portrait of Morisot throughout his life, and it was listed in the inventory of his studio after his death.

Description

This painting depicts Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot, who met Édouard Manet at the Musée du Louvre in Paris in 1868. This portrait vibrates with vitality. Morisot wears a coat and stylish hat from which wisps of her dark hair escape. Manet’s wide brushstrokes and cross-hatchings evoke the sketchy quality of Morisot’s own paintings, likely Manet’s nod to his subject’s identity as an artist.

He made nine portraits of her in oil, watercolor, lithography, and etching during 1868–74. Initially artistic colleagues and friends, they became family in December 1874 when Morisot married Manet’s younger brother, Eugène.
Vertically-oriented portrait in wide, streaking brush-strokes depicting Berthe Morisot, a woman with light skin tone seen in profile from waist up. A fluffy, brown coat only slightly darker than the solid brown background envelops her, strokes becoming sparse within it, showing the fabric beneath. Morisot wears a blue and white hat, wisps of her black hair extending over her forehead. Her dark eyes angle to look out at us and her pink lips open slightly.

Berthe Morisot with a Muff

c. 1871–72

Édouard Manet

(French, 1832–1883)
France, 19th century

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