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Le Berceau

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Le Berceau (The Cradle) depicts Morisot's sister Edma Pontillon watching over her sleeping infant daughter Blanche. Shown at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, it went unsold in Morisot's lifetime and remained in the sitter's family until the Louvre acquired it in 1930; it later transferred to the Musee d'Orsay.

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Year Created
1872 1
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
Musee d'Orsay, Paris 1
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Created By

Berthe Morisot, Artists
Source Musee d'Orsay

In Form

Painting, Art Forms

In Movement

Impressionism, Movements
Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)
Sources
1. Musee d'Orsay
Musee d'Orsay, ParisView the Source
Gardner's Art Through the Ages
Fred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner), Cengage LearningIn Movement: Impressionism, chapter on Impressionism, section on Berthe Morisot
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