Portrait of Madame Brunet
1860
oil
From the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
1860
oil
From the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
Portrait of Madame Brunet is a 1860 oil by Edouard Manet, a Realism work, held at J. Paul Getty Museum.
Portrait of Madame Brunet is an oil painting by French artist Édouard Manet, dated around 1860. The work shows Caroline de Pène, the wife of sculptor Eugène Cyrille Brunet, and was originally a full‑length portrait before Manet trimmed the bottom in 1867. Manet began the canvas in 1861 and finished it in 1863. According to contemporary critic Duret, the sitter was not considered beautiful, and she reportedly burst into tears when she first saw the finished picture, even though Manet tried to flatter her. Look up the J. Paul Getty Museum.
