Masked Ball at the Opera

Provenance

Jean-Baptiste Faure [1830-1914], by 1873; (Faure sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 April 1878, no. 40, bought in); Jean-Baptiste Faure until at least 1884. (Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris and New York); sold 16 January 1894 to Henry Osborne Havemeyer [1847-1907], New York;[1] by inheritance to his wife, née Louisine Waldron Elder [1855-1929], New York; by inheritance or gift to Mrs. Horace Havemeyer [née Doris Anna Dick, 1890-1982]; gift 1982 to NGA. [1] Frances Weitzenhoffer, _The Creation of the Havemeyer Collection, 1875-1900_, Ph.D. diss., The City University of New York, 1982: 225.

Masked Ball at the Opera

Manet, Edouard

1873

Accession Number

1982.75.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 59.1 x 72.5 cm (23 1/4 x 28 9/16 in.) | framed: 80 x 94 cm (31 1/2 x 37 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Horace Havemeyer in memory of her mother-in-law, Louisine W. Havemeyer