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EDOUARD MANET. Mademoiselle Lucie Delabigne (1859-1910), Called Valtesse de la Bigne

EDOUARD MANET. Mademoiselle Lucie Delabigne (1859-1910), Called Valtesse de la Bigne. Artist: Édouard Manet (French, Paris 1832-1883 Paris). Dimensions: 21 3/4 x 14 in. (55.2 x 35.6 cm). Date: 1879. This pastel depicts Lucie Delabigne, a fashionable Parisian courtesan who was also the subject of portraits by Jean-Louis Forain, Édouard Detaille, and other artists. Manet may have met her through the writer Émile Zola, who based many passages in his book <i>Nana</i> on observations made at Lucie's home. The novel was published in 1880, just a year after this work was made.
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Mademoiselle Lucie Delabigne (1859-1910), Called Valtesse de la Bigne
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Mademoiselle Lucie Delabigne (1859-1910), Called Valtesse de la Bigne. Artist: Édouard Manet (French, Paris 1832-1883 Paris). Dimensions: 21 3/4 x 14 in. (55.2 x 35.6 cm). Date: 1879. This pastel depicts Lucie Delabigne, a fashionable Parisian courtesan who was also the subject of portraits by Jean-Louis Forain, Édouard Detaille, and other artists. Manet may have met her through the writer Émile Zola, who based many passages in his book Nana on observations made at Lucie's home. The novel was published in 1880, just a year after this work was made.
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PASTEL ON CANVAS
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3618 x 5597 px | 57.9 MB
Print size:
30.6 x 47.4 cm | 12.1 x 18.7 in (300 dpi)
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