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Young Saint John
Berthe Morisot1890
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In the spring of 1890 Berthe Morisot and her husband, Eugène Manet, rented a house with a garden overlooking the Seine River in the rural French town of Mézy. Morisot worked in the attic studio while the pair was there. A young boy from the village served as the model for this pastel, one of several studies for a full-length painting of Saint John the Baptist with his cross. In this drawing, Morisot developed the loose and sketchy marks that would characterize her final canvas.
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- Title: Young Saint John
- Creator: Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)
- Date Created: 1890
- Physical Dimensions: 57.1 x 38.1 cm (22 1/2 x 15 in.)
- Provenance: Mr. [1874–1942] and Mrs. [1878–1966] Ernest Rouart, Paris, (Durand-Ruel, Paris), Private collection, Mr. [1880–1966] and Mrs. [1879–1980] Lewis B. Williams, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.83
- Medium: pastel on pale blue laid paper
- Fun Fact: This pastel's first owner was Berthe Morisot's daughter, Julie Manet, and her husband Ernest Rouart.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Lewis B. Williams
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 1975.83
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