Copy painting on canvas of the artwork
Monsieur and Madame Édouard Manet (Degas)

This portrait depicts the painter Édouard Manet, a friend and rival of Degas, listening to his wife Suzanne play the piano. The composition is unusual: Manet is lounging nonchalantly on a sofa, while his wife is seated at the piano, but a part of the canvas depicting her has been cut off (probably by Manet himself, who was displeased). This mutilation gives the work a fascinating tension and history. Degas captures the intimacy of an artistic couple, but also the rivalries and complexities of their relationships.