Portrait of Émilie Ambre as Carmen

Portrait d'Émilie Ambre en Carmen

Portrait of Émilie Ambre as Carmen

Édouard Manet · 1880

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia, United States

About this painting

Manet painted opera singer Émilie Ambre in costume as Carmen in summer 1880, while himself convalescing at a spa for the illness that would kill him three years later.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

92 × 74 cm (36.2 × 29.1 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

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