Berthe Morisot with a Fan

c. 1870 painting by Édouard Manet

Berthe Morisot with a Fan

Artist| Édouard Manet
Year| 1874
Medium| Oil on canvas
Subject| Berthe Morisot
Dimensions| 61.5 cm × 50 cm (24.2 in × 20 in)
Location| Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille

Berthe Morisot with a Fan is a painting by French artist Édouard Manet, executed in 1874. It belongs to the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris, but since 2000 it is in loan to the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.[1]

## History and description[edit]

It is the last of the twelve portraits that Manet produced of fellow painter and model Berthe Morisot, between 1868 and 1874, made just after her marriage to the painter's brother Eugène, after which she no longer posed for him.[2] It shows Berthe in mourning for the death of her father, and therefore dressed in black, but wearing an engagement ring. The velvet ribbon around her neck and the lace on her dress contrast with her light skin. Even her eyes are black, although they were actually green. A wedding ring is clearly visible on her hand holding a fan decorated with flowers. This detail and the use of color demonstrate the influence of Spanish artists such as Diego Velázquez and Francisco Goya, whom Manet greatly admired. This influence can also be seen in other portraits of Morisot, like Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets. The background with the plant motif is a reference to the Japanese art that was fashionable at the time.[3]

The portrait seems to have been conceived as a kind of farewell between Manet and his model; she doesn't look at his direction, unlike in his previous portraits.

## Provenance[edit]

The portrait entered Morisot's own collection, possibly directly from the artist, before being donated to the French state in 1999. It was initially allocated to the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris, before being moved in 2000 to the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, where it still hangs.Musée d'Orsay, in Paris, before being moved in 2000 to the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.[4]

## See also[edit]

* List of paintings by Édouard Manet
* 1874 in art

## References[edit]

1. ^ Base Joconde: Reference no. M5060000055, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
2. ^ "Berthe Morisot à l'éventail / Peintures XVIe – XXIe siècles / Chefs-d'Œuvre / Collections – Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille". www.pba-lille.fr.
3. ^ "Portrait de Berthe Morisot à l'éventail". www.musee-orsay.fr.
4. ^ Base Joconde: Reference no. M5060000055, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)

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Paintings|

* List of paintings
* The Barque of Dante (1854–1858)
* Christ the Gardener (1856–1859)
* The Absinthe Drinker (1859)
* Spanish Cavaliers (1859)
* Portrait of Madame Brunet (1860)
* Portrait of Monsieur and Madame Manet (1860)
* The Spanish Singer (1860)
* Boy Carrying a Sword (1861)
* La Nymphe surprise (1861)
* The Street Singer (1862)
* Music in the Tuileries (1862)
* The Old Musician (1862)
* Portrait of Victorine Meurent (1862)
* Mademoiselle V. in the Costume of an Espada (1862)
* Little Lange (1862)
* The Luncheon on the Grass (1863)
* La Négresse (1863)
* Olympia (1863)
* Young Man Dressed as a Majo (1863)
* The Dead Man (1864))
* The Bullfight (1864–65)
* The Dead Christ with Angels (1864)
* The Kearsarge at Boulogne (1864)
* The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama (1864)
* The Races at Longchamp (1865)
* Jesus Insulted by the Soldiers (1865)
* Bullfight (1865–66)
* Bullfight – Death of the Bull (1865)
* The Matador Saluting (1866)
* The Fifer (1866)
* A Young Lady in 1866 (1866)
* The Execution of Emperor Maximilian (1867)
* Portrait of Emile Zola (1868)
* Boy Blowing Bubbles (1868)
* Madame Manet at the Piano (1867–68)
* The Balcony (1868)
* Luncheon in the Studio (1868)
* The Reading (1868)
* The Port of Boulogne by Moonlight (1868)
* Departure of the Folkestone Steamer (1869)
* The Brioche (1870)
* Repose (1870)
* The Funeral (1870)
* Effect of Snow on Petit-Montrouge (1870)
* Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets (1872)
* Tarring a Boat (1873)
* The Railway (1873)
* The Croquet Game (1873)
* Masked Ball at the Opera House (1873)
* Argenteuil (1874)
* Berthe Morisot with a Fan (1874)
* Claude Monet Painting in his Studio (1874)
* Boating (1874)
* Portrait of Marguerite de Conflans (c. 1876)
* Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé (1876)
* Le Suicidé (1877–1881)
* Nana (1877)
* Plum Brandy (c. 1877)
* The Rue Mosnier Dressed with Flags (1878)
* Blonde Woman with Bare Breasts (c. 1878)
* Chez Tortoni (c. 1878–1880)
* Georges Clemenceau (Fort Worth) (1879)
* Georges Clemenceau (Paris) (1879)
* Chez le père Lathuille (1879)
* Portrait of Marguerite Gauthier-Lathuille (1879)
* In the Conservatory (1879)
* Madame Manet in the Conservatory (1879)
* The Waitress (1879)
* Corner of a Café-Concert (1879)
* The Café-Concert (1879)
* Self-Portrait with Palette (1879)
* A Bundle of Asparagus (1880)
* A Sprig of Asparagus (1880)
* Portrait of Countess Albazzi (1880)
* Portrait of Monsieur Pertuiset the Lion-Hunter (1881)
* Dead Eagle Owl (1881)
* The Rabbit (1881)
* Rochefort's Escape (1881)
* Spring (1881)
* Autumn (1882)
* A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882)
* The House at Rueil (1882)
* Flowers in a Crystal Vase (1882)
* White Lilacs in a Glass Vase (1882)

Models|

* Méry Laurent
* Victorine Meurent
* Laure
* Suzanne Manet (wife)
* Berthe Morisot

Portrayals|

* A Studio at Les Batignolles (1870 painting)
* Bazille's Studio (1870 painting)
* The Impressionists (2006 series)

Related|

* Eugène Manet (brother)

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Paintings|

* The Harbor at Lorient (1869)
* The Mother and Sister of the Artist (1869-1870)
* The Cradle (1872)
* In a Park (c. 1874)
* Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight (1875)
* The Psyche Mirror (1876)
* Summer's Day (1879)
* Woman at her Toilette (1875–1880)
* In the Dining Room (1886)
* La Petite Niçoise (1889)
* Young Girl in a Park (1888-1893)

Portrayals|

* The Balcony (1868, by Édouard Manet)
* Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets (1872, by Édouard Manet)
* Repose (c. 1872, by Édouard Manet)
* Berthe Morisot with a Fan (1874, by Édouard Manet)

Related|

* Edma Morisot (sister)
* Eugène Manet (husband)
* Julie Manet (daughter)
* Édouard Manet (brother-in-law)

Authority control databases |

* Joconde

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