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MANET, Edouard: Portrait of Victorine Meurent

🖼 Portrait of Victorine Meurent, 1862
Oil on canvas
43 × 44 cm
Boston, USA

Striking directness defines this portrait of a woman in dark dress against neutral background, rendered with bold, simplified brushwork. Victorine Meurent became Manet's muse and model for radical paintings challenging academic tradition and conventional beauty standards in 1860s Paris.

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