Mademoiselle Isabelle Lemonnier (1857–1926)

1879–82
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 817
Isabelle Lemonnier was the daughter of a successful Parisian jeweler and the younger sister of Marguerite Charpentier, whose grand portrait by Renoir is also in the Metropolitan’s collection (07.122). Between 1879 and 1882 Manet made several portraits of Isabelle, of whom he seems to have been fond; in the summer of 1880 he sent her a series of letters decorated with charming watercolor sketches.

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Object Information
  • Title: Mademoiselle Isabelle Lemonnier (1857–1926)
  • Artist: Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)
  • Date: 1879–82
  • Medium: Pastel on canvas
  • Dimensions: 22 x 18 1/4 in. (55.9 x 46.4 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.100.56
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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