The Balcony is an 1868
oil painting by the French painter
Édouard Manet. It depicts four figures. On the left is
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 Leon Leenhoff, Manet's son. Exhibited at the
Paris Salon of 1869, the painting was bought by
Gustave Caillebotte in 1884. It is currently kept at the
Musée d'Orsay in Paris.Painting:
Édouard Manet
The Balcony is an 1868
oil painting by the French painter
Édouard Manet. It depicts four figures. On the left is
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 Leon Leenhoff, Manet's son. Exhibited at the
Paris Salon of 1869, the painting was bought by
Gustave Caillebotte in 1884. It is currently kept at the
Musée d'Orsay in Paris.Painting:
Édouard Manet