Detail of Monsieur and Madame Auguste Manet by Manet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 2023

Title: Monsieur and Madame Auguste Manet

Artist: Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)

Date: 1860

Geography: Country of Origin France

Culture: French

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 43 7/8 × 35 13/16 in. (111.5 × 91 cm)
Framed: 53 1/8 × 45 1/4 in. (135 × 115 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1977 12)


Manet’s work was accepted at the Salon for the first time in 1861, with this portrait and the Spanish Singer, on view in the next gallery. The reception of these paintings reassured his parents of his ability to embark on an artistic career. His father’s health was failing at the time of this work and he died two years later. Manet remained especially close with his mother, who lived with him and his wife.


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/845056