The Balcony (Manet)

The Balcony
ArtistÉdouard Manet
Year1868
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions170 cm × 124 cm (67 in × 49 in)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

The Balcony (French: Le balcon) is an 1868–69 oil painting by the French painter Édouard Manet. It depicts four figures on a balcony, one of whom is sitting: the painter Berthe Morisot, who married Manet's brother Eugène in 1874. In the centre is the painter Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet. On the right is Fanny Claus, a violinist. The fourth figure, partially obscured in the interior's background, is possibly Léon Leenhoff, Manet's son.[1]

It was exhibited at the 1868 Paris Salon, and then kept by Manet until his death in 1883. It was sold to the painter Gustave Caillebotte in 1884, who left it to the French state in 1894. It is currently held at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

  1. ^ "Manet's The Balcony". Smarthistory. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

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