Mademoiselle Lucie Delabigne (1859–1910), Called Valtesse de la Bigne, 1879, Pastel on canvas, 21 3/4 x 14 in. (55.2 x 35.6 cm), Drawings, Édouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris), This pastel depicts Lucie Delabigne, a fashionable Parisian courtesan who was also the subject of portraits by Jean-Louis Forain, Édouard Detaille, and other artists. Manet may have met her through the writer Émile Zola, who based many passages in his book Nana on observations made at Lucie’s home
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Mademoiselle Lucie Delabigne, 1859–1910, Called Valtesse de la Bigne, 1879, Pastel, canvas, 21 3/4 x 14, 55.2 35.6 cm, Drawings, Édouard Manet, French, Paris, 1832–1883, pastel, depicts, Lucie, Delabigne, fashionable Parisian, courtesan, subject, portraits, Jean-Louis Forain, Detaille, artists, Manet, met, writer Émile, Zola, based, passages, book Nana, observations, home
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