Étienne-Joseph-Théophile Thoré. Salon de 1866. 1866 [reprinted in "Salons de W. Bürger, 1861 à 1868," Paris, 1870, vol. 2, p. 318], praises the color of this painting, which he saw in Manet's studio as a sketch, but predicts that it will be refused by the Salon of 1867.
Hippolyte Babou. "Les dissidents de l'exposition." La revue liberale 2 (1867), p. 288 [see Ref. Loyrette 1994].
Bertall. Le Journal amusant (May 19, 1867) [reprinted in Alan Krell, "Manet and the Painters of Contemporary Life," London, 1996, p. 78, fig. 70], illustrates a caricature of this painting.
Claude Monet. Letter to Frédéric Bazille. June 25, 1867 [published in Gaston Poulain, "Bazille et ses amis," Paris, 1932, p. 94], calls it "mauvais" and asserts that Manet has painted better pictures.
Randon. Le Journal amusant (June 29, 1867) [reprinted in Éric Darragon, "Manet," Paris, 1991, p. 398, fig. 316], illustrates a caricature of this painting.
E. Spuller. "M. Édouard Manet et sa peinture." Le nain jaune (June 9, 1867), p. 5 [see Ref. Loyrette 1994].
Émile Zola. Éd. Manet: Étude biographique et critique, accompagnée d'un portrait d'Éd. Manet par Bracquemond, et d'une eau-forte d'Éd. Manet, d'après "Olympia". Paris, 1867, pp. 37–38.
Émile Zola. "Une nouvelle manière en peinture: Édouard Manet." Revue du XIXe siècle, 8e sér., 4 (January 1, 1867), p. 59, speaks of the elegance of this picture.
Louis Auvray. Exposition des Beaux-Arts: Salon de 1868. Paris, 1868, pp. 73–74.
Marius Chaumelin. "Salon de 1868." La Presse (1868) [reprinted in Chaumelin, "L'Art contemporain," Paris, 1873, pp. 136–37], dislikes the inclusion of the parrot in the composition.
Durand-Brager. "Le salon de 1868." Le pays (June 4, 1868) [see Ref. Rouart and Wildenstein 1975].
Henri Fouquier. "Salon de 1868." L'avenir national (May 20, 1868) [see Ref. Rouart and Wildenstein 1975].
Théophile Gautier. "Salon de 1868." Le moniteur universel (May 11, 1868) [reprinted in A. Tabarant, "Manet, histoire catalographique," Paris 1931, p. 150], criticizes it harshly.
[André Gill]. Gill-revue: Le salon pour rire (1868), p. 11, satirizes it in a cartoon.
J. Grangedor. "Le Salon de 1868." Gazette des beaux-arts 24 (June 1, 1868), p. 520.
Louis Leroy. "La session de Salon de 1868." Le Charivari (June 4, 1868), p. 3 [see Ref. Loyrette 1994].
Paul Mantz. "Salon de 1868, II." L'illustration (June 6, 1868), p. 362 [translated and reprinted in George Heard Hamilton, "Manet and His Critics," New Haven, 1954, p. 121], finds it unsuccessful in its treatment of flesh tones and untrue to nature.
B. de Renjarde. "Salon de 1868. VII. L'Ecole du laid." Le Petit journal (May 28, 1868), p. 3.
T. Révillon. "Salon de 1868." La petite presse (May 9, 1868) [see Ref. Rouart and Wildenstein 1975].
T. Thoré. Salon de 1868 (1868) [reprinted in T. Thoré, "Salons de W. Bürger, 1861 à 1868," vol. 2, Paris, 1870, pp. 461, 532–33].
E. Roger de Tranoir. "Salon de 1868." Le figaro-programme (June 12, 1868) [see Ref. Rouart and Wildenstein 1975].
G. de Varennes. "Salon de 1868." La gazette de France (May 18, 1868) [see Ref. Rouart and Wildenstein 1975].
P. Véron. Le monde illustré (August 1, 1868), p. 67 [reprinted in A. Tabarant, "Manet et ses œuvres," Paris, 1947, p. 147], alludes to this picture in expounding the theme that Manet exploited ugliness.
Émile Zola. "Mon salon." L'evènement illustré (May 10, 1868) [reprinted in F. W. J. Hemmings and Robert J. Niess, "Émile Zola Salons," Paris, 1959, p. 124], expresses admiration for the handling of the costume.
Édouard Manet. Memorandum of Paintings Sold to Durand-Ruel. [January–February 1872] [published and translated in Ref. Wilson-Bareau 1991, p. 163], notes that he sold it to Durand-Ruel for Fr 1,500.
Edmond Bazire. Manet. Paris, 1884, p. 60, discusses reaction to this painting at the Salon of 1868.
William Sharp. "The Art Treasures of America (Concluded.)." Living Age, 7th ser., 1 (December 3, 1898), p. 606, as "Girl with a Parrot".
Arthur Hoeber. The Treasures of The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York. New York, 1899, p. 90.
Théodore Duret. Histoire d'Édouard Manet et de son œuvre. Paris, 1902, pp. 55–56, 214, no. 88, notes that it was poorly received by the public at the Salon of 1868 and that it was rudely called "Femme au perroquet".
Hugo v. Tschudi. Édouard Manet. Berlin, 1902, p. 19.
Étienne Moreau-Nélaton. Manuscrit de l'œuvre d'Édouard Manet, peinture et pastels. [1906], unpaginated, no. 89 [Département des Estampes, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris], calls it "Jeune dame en 1866" or "La femme au perroquet".
Frank Fowler. "The Field of Art: Modern Foreign Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum, Some Examples of the French School." Scribner's Magazine 44 (September 1908), p. 381, discusses the use of color and notes the "marvellous painter-like quality of the half-peeled orange".
Erich Hancke. "Manet als Porträtmaler." Kunst und Künstler 8 (February 1910), pp. 247–48, ill., notes that the figure recalls silhouettes found in Japanese art.
Emil Waldmann. "Französische Bilder in amerikanischem Privatbesitz II." Kunst und Künstler 9 (December 1910), p. 137.
Paul Durand-Ruel. Mémoires de Paul Durand-Ruel. 1911–12 [published in Lionello Venturi, "Les archives de l'impressionnisme," Paris, 1939, vol. 2, pp. 190, 206, no. 88].
Théodore Duret. Manet and the French Impressionists. 2nd ed. [1st ed. 1910]. London, 1912, pp. 58, 228, no. 88, ill. opp. p. 46.
Jean Laran and Georges Le Bas. Manet. Paris, 1912, pp. 51–52, pl. XVIII, mention that it was referred to as "La jeune Dame en 1866," "La femme en rose," and "La femme au perroquet"; cite contemporary criticism.
Julius Meier-Graefe. Édouard Manet. Munich, 1912, p. 312, pl. 91.
Katharine Metcalf Roof. The Life and Art of William Merritt Chase. New York, 1917, p. 94, notes that Chase told Weir that Durand-Ruel had this painting and another by Manet for sale in their gallery.
Duncan Phillips. Julian Alden Weir: An Appreciation of His Life and Works. New York, 1921, p. 21, comments that Erwin Davis commissioned Weir to buy Impressionist paintings for him in Paris, including this one.
Emil Waldmann. Édouard Manet. Berlin, 1923, pp. 46–47, 72, ill.
Paul Jamot. "Manet as Portrait Painter." Burlington Magazine 49 (December 1926), pp. 302, 306–9, fig. A, identifies the woman as Victorine Meurend, a model that Manet painted numerous times; declares it a masterpiece and comments on its delicacy, subtlety, and grandeur; notes its influence on Renoir's "Portrait of Mme Maître".
Étienne Moreau-Nélaton. Manet raconté par lui-même. Paris, 1926, vol. 1, pp. 86 n.1, 98–99, fig. 91; vol. 2, pp. 114, 128, cites contemporary criticism and identifies it as no. 39 in Manet's 1884 exhibition.
Paul Jamot. "Manet, 'Le fifre' et Victorine Meurend." Revue de l'art ancien et moderne 51 (January–May 1927), pp. 36, 39–41, ill. (overall and detail), remarks that the model's proportions have been elongated.
Charles V. Wheeler. Manet, An Essay. Washington, 1930, pp. 39–40, ill.
Charles Léger. Édouard Manet. Paris, 1931, pp. 10–11, pl. 8.
A. Tabarant. Manet, histoire catalographique. Paris, 1931, pp. 149–51, no. 111, provides provenance information and reprints contemporary criticism.
Paul Colin. Édouard Manet. Paris, 1932, pp. 33, 74, pl. XX.
Paul Jamot. "La poésie de Manet." L'Amour de l'art 13 (May 1932), p. 151, calls it "baudelairien".
Paul Jamot and Georges Wildenstein. Manet. Paris, 1932, vol. 1, pp. 37–39, 42–43, 83, 107, 133, no. 132; vol. 2, fig. 38, suggest that it was no. 40, "Jeune fille en peignoir rose," in the inventory made of Manet's works after his death.
"Notes biographiques." L'Amour de l'art 13 (May 1932), p. 146.
Robert Rey. Manet. English ed. [French ed. 1938]. New York, 1938, pp. 14, 75, ill.
[R. Burnand] in Chefs d'œuvre de l'art français. Exh. cat., Palais National des Arts. Tours, 1939, vol. 1, p. 446, no. 171, ill.
Ernst Scheyer. "Far Eastern Art and French Impressionism." The Art Quarterly 6 (Spring 1943), p. 125, dates it 1868 and notes the influence of Japanese art.
Louis Piérard. Manet l'incompris. Paris, 1944, p. 73, finds the composition similar to works by Alfred Stevens.
Ima N. Ebin. "Manet and Zola." Gazette des beaux-arts 27 (June 1945), pp. 361–63, fig. 3, notes that Zola was the first to criticize this work.
Hans Huth. "Impressionism Comes to America." Gazette des beaux-arts, 6th ser., 29 (April 1946), p. 233.
Michel Florisoone. Manet. Monaco, 1947, pp. xxi, 38, ill., includes it among the pictures reflecting Manet's study of Velázquez at the Prado.
A. Tabarant. Manet et ses œuvres. 4th ed. (1st. ed. 1942). Paris, 1947, pp. 119, 124, 146–47, 149–50, 195, 323, 492, 516, 536, no. 115, fig. 115, notes that it was included in a private exhibition held in Manet's studio on the rue de Guyot in 1866.
George Heard Hamilton. Manet and His Critics. New Haven, 1954, pp. 101, 114–16, 118–20, 124, 130, 209, 276, 279, pl. 18, reprints and discusses contemporary criticism.
Nils Gösta Sandblad. Manet: Three Studies in Artistic Conception. Lund, 1954, pp. 83, 104, 150.
J.-L. Vaudoyer. E. Manet. Paris, [1955], unpaginated, no. 22, ill. (overall and detail).
A. Hyatt Mayor. "The Gifts that Made the Museum." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 16 (November 1957), p. 100.
Henri Perruchot. La vie de Manet. Paris, 1959, pp. 193–94.
François Daulte. "Le marchand des impressionnistes." L'Oeil no. 66 (June 1960), p. 58, reproduces the page from Durand-Ruel's account book where the purchase of this picture from Manet in January 1872 is recorded.
Jean Sutherland Boggs. Portraits by Degas. Berkeley, 1962, p. 33, fig. 47, suggests that while Manet was working on this picture, Degas may also have been using Victorine Meurent as a model for his painting "Girl in a Red Peignoir" (Chester Dale collection, New York).
Pierre Courthion. Édouard Manet. New York, 1962, pp. 88–89, ill. (color), notes that Manet seems to return to an "earlier manner" in this picture; identifies the violets as Parma violets.
A. Tabarant. La Vie artistique au temps de Baudelaire. 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1942). [Paris], 1963, p. 376.
George Heard Hamilton. "Is Manet Still 'Modern'?" Art News Annual 31 (1966), pp. 160, erroneously calls it "Young Lady in 1868".
Joel Isaacson. "The Early Paintings of Claude Monet." PhD diss., University of California, Berkeley, 1967, pp. 190–91, 311 n. 11, p. 313 n. 22, p. 319 n. 27.
Sandra Orienti in The Complete Paintings of Manet. New York, 1967, p. 96, no. 103, ill.
Charles Sterling and Margaretta M. Salinger. "XIX–XX Centuries." French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 3, New York, 1967, pp. 40–43, ill., note that this could not have been the picture lent by Gérard to Manet's posthumous exhibition of 1884 as "Une jeune femme, 1867" because it had already been acquired by J. Alden Weir, probably in 1881, for Erwin Davis.
Merete Bodelsen. "Early Impressionist Sales 1874–94 in the Light of some Unpublished 'procès verbaux'." Burlington Magazine 110 (June 1968), pp. 339–40, publishes excerpts from the original record of the Hoschedé sale of 1878.
Margaretta M. Salinger. "Windows Open to Nature." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 27 (Summer 1968), unpaginated, ill.
Michael Fried. "Manet's Sources." Artforum 7 (March 1969), p. 57, notes the influence Watteau.
Joel Isaacson. Manet and Spain, Prints and Drawings. Exh. cat., The Museum of Art, The University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1969, p. 11, relates it to Velázquez's full-length figure compositions.
William S. Talbot. "Henri Fantin-Latour: Madame Henri Lerolle." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 56 (November 1969), p. 313, fig. 4.
Sharon Flescher in From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and His World. Exh. cat., Wildenstein & Co., Inc. New York, 1971, p. 98, no. 96, pl. 16, suggests that Manet could have been influenced by Whistler's "White Girl".
John L. Connolly Jr. "Ingres and the Erotic Intellect." Art News Annual, Woman as Sex Object, Studies in Erotic Art, 1730–1970, 38 (1972), pp. 25–27, ill., calls this an "essay" on the five senses.
Joel Isaacson. Monet: Le déjeuner sur l'herbe. New York, 1972, pp. 84, 114 n. 96.
Letters of Roger Fry. New York, 1972, p. 24.
Mona Hadler. "Manet's 'Woman with a Parrot' of 1866." Metropolitan Museum Journal 7 (1973), pp. 115–22, fig. 1, identifies the parrot as a Jaco, a type indigenous to Africa; discusses the relationship between the woman and the parrot.
Carl R. Baldwin The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Impressionist Epoch. [New York], 1974, p. 12.
Richard J. Boyle. American Impressionism. Boston, 1974, pp. 159–60.
Charles S. Moffett in Impressionism: A Centenary Exhibition. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1974, pp. 110–14, 124, 126, no. 19, ill. (color, overall and detail) [French ed., "Centenaire de l'impressionnisme," Paris, 1974].
George Mauner. Manet, Peintre-Philosophe: A Study of the Painter's Themes. University Park, Pa., 1975, pp. 136–37, 140, fig. 81, interprets it as a study of the five senses.
Denis Rouart and Daniel Wildenstein. Édouard Manet, catalogue raisonné. Paris, 1975, vol. 1, pp. 5, 15, 17, 20, 112–13, no. 115, ill.
Anne Coffin Hanson. Manet and the Modern Tradition. New Haven, 1977, pp. 75–76.
Sharon Flescher Columbia University. Zacharie Astruc: Critic, Artist and Japoniste. New York, 1978, p. 189.
Bertrand Marret in Phaidon Encyclopedia of Impressionism. Oxford, 1978, p. 231, ill., incorrectly dates it 1868.
Theodore Reff. "Courbet and Manet." Arts Magazine 54 (March 1980), pp. 101, 103, fig. 14.
Anne Distel. "Albert Hecht, collectionneur (1842–1889)." Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français (1981), pp. 271, 273 n. 21, believes that it was probably Henri, and not his brother Albert, who bought this picture at the Hoschedé sale in 1878; refutes that Durand-Ruel sold it through J. Alden Weir to Erwin Davis in 1881, suggesting that it was included in the Manet retrospective of 1884 as no. 39, "Une jeune femme," Salon de 1868, as in the collection of Gérard.
Frances Weitzenhoffer. "First Manet Paintings to Enter an American Museum." Gazette des beaux-arts, 6th ser., 97 (March 1981), pp. 125, 127–28, describes in detail Erwin Davis's acquisition, attempted sale, and donation of this picture.
Novelene Ross. Manet's 'Bar at the Folies-Bergère' and the Myths of Popular Illustration. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1982, p. 49, pl. 29.
Françoise Cachin in Manet, 1832–1883. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1983, pp. 58, 318 [French ed., Paris, 1983].
Pierre Daix. La vie de peintre d'Édouard Manet. Paris, 1983, pp. 151, 156, 176, fig. 23.
Charles S. Moffett in Manet, 1832–1883. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1983, pp. 58, 109, 201, 254–58, no. 96, ill. (color, overall and detail) [French ed., Paris, 1983, pp. 109, 201, 254–58, no. 96, ill. (color, overall and detail)].
Charles F. Stuckey. Manet. Mount Vernon, N.Y., 1983, p. 11, colorpl. 8, notes that the parrot on its stand suggests a courtesan's bedroom.
Peter Hecht. "Manet et les Hollandais, ou la tradition du 'contemporain'." Septentrion 13 (April 1984), pp. 47–48, comments that attempts to interpret this painting as an allegory of the five senses are misplaced, asserting that the hidden symbolism in seventeenth-century Dutch painting was largely unrecognized in the nineteenth century.
John Pope-Hennessy. "Roger Fry and The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Oxford, China, and Italy: Writings in Honour of Sir Harold Acton on his Eightieth Birthday. London, 1984, pp. 231, 235–36, notes that Roger Fry "fancied himself a restorer" and identifies this painting as the most important picture he treated in New York.
Charles S. Moffett. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1985, pp. 36–37, ill. (color, overall and detail).
Kathleen Adler. Manet. Oxford, 1986, pp. 87–88, 92, 101, 230 nn. 12 and 13, colorpl. 76, remarks that the fruit in this picture is the shape and size of an orange, but the color of a lemon, and that it appears to be a "citron," which were grown in orangeries in the nineteenth century "and so, particularly appropriate in connection with the exoticism of the parrot"; notes that radiography has revealed that Manet repainted the head extensively, "perhaps in response to criticism it received at the Salon".
Maureen C. O'Brien in Maureen C. O'Brien. In Support of Liberty: European Paintings at the 1883 Pedestal Fund Art Loan Exhibition. Exh. cat., Parrish Art Museum. Southampton, N.Y., 1986, pp. 25, 35, 37–38, 96, 146, 154, 160–61, fig. 28, colorpl. XVIII, reproduces the 1883 exhibition catalogue; discusses the "show-stopper" status of this picture and Manet's "Boy with a Sword" (MMA 89.21.2) due to preferential hanging in the place of honor, the south wall of the paintings gallery, which they shared with Degas at the exhibition of 1883.
Ronald G. Pisano in Maureen C. O'Brien. In Support of Liberty: European Paintings at the 1883 Pedestal Fund Art Loan Exhibition. Exh. cat., Parrish Art Museum. Southampton, N.Y., 1986, pp. 63, 69.
Frances Weitzenhoffer. The Havemeyers: Impressionism Comes to America. New York, 1986, p. 35, pl. 7.
Sjraar van Heutgen et al. in Franse meesters uit het Metropolitan Museum of Art: Realisten en Impressionisten. Exh. cat., Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam. Zwolle, The Netherlands, 1987, pp. 11, 13, fig. 1.
Gary Tinterow et al. Capolavori impressionisti dei musei americani. Exh. cat., Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. Milan, 1987, p. 54, notes that this and the "Boy with a Sword" (MMA 89.21.2) were the first of Manet's pictures to enter a public collection in the United States.
Gary Tinterow et al. "Modern Europe." The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 8, New York, 1987, pp. 6, 14–15, colorpls. 3 (overall and detail), agree with the spelling "Meurent".
Larry L. Ligo. "Baudelaire's Mistress Reclining and Young Woman Reclining in Spanish Costume: Manet's Pendant Portraits of his Acknowledged 'Mistresses,' Baudelairian Aesthetics and Photography." Arts Magazine 62 (January 1988), 77–78, 84 nn. 14–15, fig. 4, discusses the iconography of the picture to support his theory that the woman portrayed is intended to represent a courtesan.
Horst Keller. Edouard Manet. Munich, 1989, pp. 34, 39, 81, 173, colorpl. 59.
Mikael Wivel, Juliet Wilson-Bareau, and Hanne Finsen. Manet. Exh. cat., Ordrupgaard. Copenhagen, 1989, pp. 35, 50, 66, 90–93, 95, 98, 140, no. 15, ill. (color).
Martine Bacherich. Je regarde Manet. Paris, 1990, pp. 103, 130.
Françoise Cachin. Manet. [Paris], 1990, pp. 66–67, 158, colorpl. 3.
Anne Distel. Impressionism: The First Collectors. New York, 1990, pp. 104, 240–42, colorpl. 210.
Éric Darragon. Manet. Paris, 1991, pp. 178, 180, 183–84, 212, 275, 280, 381, 398, fig. 106 (color).
Margaret Fitzgerald Farr. "Impressionist Portraiture: A Study in Context and Meaning." PhD diss., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992, pp. 167–70, p. 175 n. 31, pl. 28.
John House. "Degas' 'Tableaux de Genre'." Dealing with Degas: Representations of Women and the Politics of Vision. London, 1992, p. 89.
Eunice Lipton. Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model & Her Own Desire. New York, 1992, pp. 50, 90, 132.
Brigitte Le Juez. "'La femme au perroquet': Un portrait de la femme au XIXe siècle." French Studies Bulletin 47 (Summer 1993), pp. 10–12.
Vivien Perutz. Édouard Manet. Lewisburg, Pa., 1993, pp. 89–90, colorpl. 15, remarks that the monocle and the violets are Manet's revival of the seventeenth-century theme of the five senses and the that "trailing orange peel is . . . a playful reference to a Dutch image of time and so to the 'vanitas' warnings that frequently accompany depictions of the senses".
H. Barbara Weinberg in Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1993, p. 76.
Henri Loyrette in Origins of Impressionism. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1994, pp. 197, 201, 207, 212, 362, 373, 408–10, no. 103, ill. (colorpl. 243 and black and white) [French ed., Paris, 1994, pp. 197, 200, 207, 210, 360, 372, 405–7, ill. (colorpl. 243 and black and white)], compares it to Monet's "Camille (La femme à la robe verte)" (Kunsthalle Bremen).
Gary Tinterow and Henri Loyrette. Origins of Impressionism. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1994, pp. xiii, 296, 318 [French ed., "Impressionnisme: Les origines, 1859–1869," Paris, 1994, pp. XIII, 296, 319].
Marie Simon. Fashion in Art: The Second Empire and Impressionism. London, 1995, pp. 202, 205, ill. p. 204 (color).
Beth Archer Brombert. Édouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat. Boston, 1996, pp. 119, 207–8, 306, 443, 471 n. 19, fig. 19, discusses the symbolism of the monocle.
Michael Fried. Manet's Modernism: or, The Face of Painting in the 1860s. Chicago, 1996, pp. 2, 103, 279, 303–4, 334, fig. 56, notes the inspiration of Watteau and of Velázquez.
Alan Krell. Manet and the Painters of Contemporary Life. London, 1996, pp. 34, 49, 77–82, 174, figs. 71–72, colorpl. 71.
Colin B. Bailey in Colin B. Bailey. Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an Age. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. New Haven, 1997, p. 114, cites its mood and technique as an influence on Renoir's "Rapha Maître" (private collection).
Carol Armstrong. "To Paint, to Point, to Pose: Manet's 'Le déjeuner sur l'herbe'." Manet's "Le déjeuner sur l'herbe". Cambridge, 1998, pp. 98–99, 101–2, fig. 29, compares it with the "The Fifer" (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) and the "Street Singer" (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Juliet Wilson-Bareau. Manet, Monet, and the Gare Saint-Lazare. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art. New Haven, 1998, pp. 1, 20–23, 25, 194, no. 15, colorpls. 13 and 14 (overall and detail) [French ed., "Manet, Monet: La Gare Saint-Lazare", 1998, pp. 20–23, 195, no. 15, colorpls. 13 and 14 (overall and detail)], remarks that it is the first time that Victorine appears as herself in one of Manet's paintings.
Important Paintings and Sculpture formerly in the Auguste Pellerin Collection. Christie's, New York. November 8, 1999, p. 50.
Katharina Schmidt in Manet, Zola, Cézanne: Das Porträt des modernen Literaten. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany, 1999, pp. 30, 33, 45 n. 45, fig. 12.
George Mauner and Henri Loyrette. Manet: The Still-Life Paintings. Exh. cat., Musée d'Orsay. New York, 2000, pp. 13, 17–19, 22, 60, 154, fig. 10 (color) [French ed., "Manet: Les natures mortes," Paris, 2000, pp. 33–34, fig. 9 (color)], compares it to a painting, "Girl with a Rose," from about 1643 by a Neapolitan artist known as The Master of the Annunciation (DeVito collection, Naples) to support his reading of this work as a representation of the theme of the five senses, noting that although Manet probably did not know this particular work he was familiar with the type.
Rebecca A. Rabinow. "Modern Art Comes to the Metropolitan: The 1921 Exhibition of 'Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings'." Apollo 152 (October 2000), pp. 4, 9 n. 13.
William H. Gerdts. American Impressionism. 2nd ed. New York, 2001, p. 105.
Nancy Locke. Manet and the Family Romance. Princeton, 2001, pp. 99–100, 157–58, 162, fig. 45.
Carol Armstrong. Manet Manette. New Haven, 2002, pp. 11, 15–16, 20, 28, 40–42, 49, 143–44, 159–60, 164–72, 179, 193, 324 n. 24, p. 355 n. 27, p. 356 nn. 40–41, p. 357 n. 48, ill. (overall: colorpl. pl. 68 and fig. 15; details [color]).
Manuela B. Mena Marqués in Manet en el Prado. Exh. cat., Museo Nacional del Prado. Madrid, 2003, pp. 186, 276, 338, 472, 490, fig. 92.
Gudrun Mühle-Maurer in Manet en el Prado. Exh. cat., Museo Nacional del Prado. Madrid, 2003, pp. 354, 496.
Arden Reed. Manet, Flaubert, and the Emergence of Modernism: Blurring Genre Boundaries. Cambridge, 2003, pp. 1–347, ill. (details), and colorpl. IX, quotes contemporary criticism, noting that it was mentioned in only 28 (of 134) reviews of the salon, mostly unfavorably; discusses it in relation to Flaubert's works.
Juliet Wilson-Bareau in Manet en el Prado. Exh. cat., Museo Nacional del Prado. Madrid, 2003, pp. 50, 385.
Juliet Wilson-Bareau in Gary Tinterow and Geneviève Lacambre. Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting. Exh. cat., Musée d'Orsay, Paris. New York, 2003, pp. 220, 222, 288, fig. 9.33 (color).
Madeleine Korn. "Exhibitions of Modern French Art and Their Influence on Collectors in Britain 1870–1918: The Davies Sisters in Context." Journal of the History of Collections 16, no. 2 (2004), pp. 195, 208, fig. 4.
Uwe Fleckner in Monet und "Camille": Frauenportraits im Impressionismus. Exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bremen. Munich, 2005, p. 47.
Birgit Haase in Monet und "Camille": Frauenportraits im Impressionismus. Exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bremen. Munich, 2005, p. 103.
Dorothee Hansen in Monet und "Camille": Frauenportraits im Impressionismus. Exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bremen. Munich, 2005, pp. 100, 103, 190, no. 19, ill. pp. 14, 101–2, 190 (color, overall and detail), compares it to Monet's "Camille" (Kunsthalle Bremen) of the same year.
Solfrid Söderlind in Monet und "Camille": Frauenportraits im Impressionismus. Exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bremen. Munich, 2005, p. 248, compares it to Velázquez's portraits.
Ross King. The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism. New York, 2006, pp. 222, 227, 243.
Kathryn Calley Galitz in The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. New York, 2007, p. 48.
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