When Édouard Manet Loved Dogs...

Result EUR520,796

Published on 05 March 2021, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 26 February 2021 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

There was little doubt, but the high result achieved by Manet’s Portrait de Minnay is a happy confirmation. A pair of quiet Spanish paintings also appeared.

Édouard Manet (1832-1883), Portrait de Minnay, oil on canvas, 32.5 x 24.5 cm (12.8... When Édouard Manet Loved Dogs...

Édouard Manet (1832-1883), Portrait de Minnay, oil on canvas, 32.5 x 24.5 cm (12.8 x 9.65 in).
Result: €520,800

Portrait de Minnay proves that although Édouard Manet loved cats, he also had a soft spot for dogs—and knew how to paint them. The ball of fur he briskly depicted for Marguerite, his mistress—and daughter of the man…

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