Manet, The Balcony

Édouard Manet, The Balcony, 186869, oil on canvas, 661, 2 x 441, 4 inches (Musée d Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Drs. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker The three principal figures depicted were each friends of the artist. From left to right they are: the painters Berthe Morisot and Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet, and Fanny Claus, a violinist. Some have suggested that the fourth figure, barely visible in the shadows, is the young Leon Leenhoff, the son of Manet s wife. . Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.