Shown from the hips up, a pale-skinned woman wearing a tightly corseted dress looks off to our left in this vertical pastel drawing. The portrait is loosely sketched with blended areas, giving it a soft look. The woman’s body is angled to our left, and her hands touch in front of her lower belly. She looks off with large, wide set, slightly bulging green eyes under dark brows. She has a round face, full pink lips, and the suggestion of a dimple in her chin. Her dark brown hair is pulled up under a gold band, and bangs curl across her forehead. A short, delicate ringlet curls up the nape of…
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Madame Michel-Lévy

Edouard Manet (French, 1832 - 1883)

1882

Medium
pastel on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 74.2 x 51 cm (29 3/16 x 20 1/16 in.) ; framed: 98.4 x 74.3 cm (38 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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