

Head of Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914), 1882–83
Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)
Oil on canvas
Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (46 x 37.8 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Ralph J. Hines, 1959 (59.129)
Painted in the winter of 1882–83, this study of the baritone Jean-Baptiste Faure was one of three executed in preparation for a portrait left unfinished when Manet died a few months later. Earlier, Manet had painted a full-length portrait of the singer in the role of Hamlet (Folkwang Museum, Essen), which drew adverse criticism when it was shown in the Salon of 1877; Faure, who owned many paintings by Manet, refused to accept it.







