Two portraits of Eva Gonzales by Manet

Mondays with Edouard Manet!

Eva Gonzales studied painting, more or less, under Manet -- much to the chagrin, so they say, to Berthe Morisot for reasons now lost to time and dust. In any case, she eventually developed her own style and became a rather accomplished impressionist painter in her own right. 

private collection, 1879

Here's Eva, again by Manet, working on one of Manet's canvases:

National Gallery, London, UK, 1870