Madame Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1829–1906) at Bellevue

Madame Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1829–1906) at Bellevue

Edouard Manet

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Details

Artist
Edouard Manet
Date
1880
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
31 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (80.6 x 60.3 cm)
Department
European Paintings
Holding institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1997, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002

Art Genome Taxonomy

8 tags

Subject Matter

  • Individual Portrait Both · 99%

    The title identifies Madame Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff) as the sitter, and the image presents a single identifiable woman in a portrait format.

  • Figures in Nature Visual · 97%

    A single seated figure is visibly surrounded by dense foliage in an outdoor, garden-like setting.

Visual Qualities

  • Earth Tones Visual · 95%

    The dominant palette consists of olive and deep greens, ochers, tans, creams, and muted flesh tones, producing an earth-toned overall effect.

  • Dense Composition Visual · 93%

    The figure is embedded within a visually dense field of overlapping foliage and painterly marks, with relatively little unworked space.

Medium and Techniques

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 100%

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art identifies the medium as oil on canvas.

  • The image is built from conspicuous, directional brushstrokes, especially in the foliage, hat, clothing, and foreground, rather than smoothly blended passages.

Time Periods

  • Late 19th Century Art Metadata · 100%

    The work is dated 1880, placing it in the late nineteenth century.

Geographic Regions

  • French Art Metadata · 99%

    The artist display identifies Manet as French, with Paris given as both birthplace and death place.

Source & rights

Edouard Manet. Madame Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1829–1906) at Bellevue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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