loquaciousconnoisseur: Édouard Manet - The Balcony (Berthe Morisot, detail) 1868/69 “Yet, Morisot attracts us with her beauty and elegance, enhanced by the fullness of her gown. In fact, she seems a romantic figure, rather dreamily looking off into the distance, holding onto a red fan. Was Manet starting to fall in love? Morisot, with a critical eyes, judged herself as being “more strange than ugly.”  A closer look perhaps confirming her view, her lovely dark eyes almost dull and glazed, a common trait of many of Manet’s sitters.” 
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Édouard Manet - The Balcony (Berthe Morisot, detail) 1868/69

“Yet, Morisot attracts us with her beauty and elegance, enhanced by the fullness of her gown. In fact, she seems a romantic figure, rather dreamily looking off into the distance, holding onto a red fan. Was Manet starting to fall in love? Morisot, with a critical eyes, judged herself as being “more strange than ugly.”  A closer look perhaps confirming her view, her lovely dark eyes almost dull and glazed, a common trait of many of Manet’s sitters.” 

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