Berthe Morisot, 'Girl on a Divan', about 1885
About the work
Overview
Morisot was always remarkably free in her distinctive handling of paint, the canvas animated here by vivid, quick touches of colour.
The sitter was probably a paid model, but her frank and direct gaze suggests a friendship between sitter and artist. Morisot's daughter later dated this work to 1885.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- Girl on a Divan
- Artist
- Berthe Morisot
- Artist dates
- 1841 - 1895
- Date made
- about 1885
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 61 × 50.2 cm
- Inscription summary
- Stamped
- Acquisition credit
- On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs A. E. Pleydell-Bouverie through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1968
- Inventory number
- L720
- Location
- Room 41
- Image copyright
- On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs A. E. Pleydell-Bouverie through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1968, © 2000 Tate
- Collection
- Main Collection
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