Woman at Her Toilette

Museum record 11723: Woman at Her Toilette by Berthe Morisot. A verified entry point for discovery.

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In Woman at Her Toilette , Berthe Morisot provided a glimpse into the private life of a Parisienne—one of the fashionable, urban women who epitomized modernity in late nineteenth-century France. The figure is shown at her vanity table after a ball, still wearing her earrings and a velvet ribbon around her neck as she reaches up to take down her chignon hairstyle. In the background, Morisot’s soft, feathery brushstrokes suggest a fl oral-patterned bedspread and wallpaper. The artist applied the same gauzy t…