Petit Palais retrospective · 15 Sep 2026 – 24 Jan 2027
Eva Gonzalès
1847–1883
Manet's only pupil, gone at thirty-six at the height of her talent. Seven landmark paintings — intimate, luminous, free — from the first major retrospective at the Petit Palais.
Echoing the Petit Palais exhibition · Independent archive
On the occasion of the Eva Gonzalès retrospective at the Petit Palais (then the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), this selection brings together seven landmark works in total independence, from open-access museum scans cleared for commercial use, for study and contemplation.
The works
Seven paintings to explore
From the early Servante to the cherries and Grandcamp dunes, via the Théâtre des Italiens box and the portrait painted by Manet himself.
WORK 01
The Servant Girl, or At the Barrier
Before Manet: at eighteen, she already paints like a master. A servant girl at the barrier, painted between 1865 and...
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WORK 02
Portrait of Eva Gonzalès (by Manet)
The master paints his only pupil: the portrait that made a reputation. In 1870 Manet shows his young pupil's portrait...
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WORK 03
Girl with Cherries
Painting's forbidden fruit: a youth looking straight at you. A young woman holds cherries and meets the viewer's gaze...
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WORK 04
A Box at the Théâtre des Italiens
The real show is the audience: a woman paints women at the theatre. In a box at the Théâtre des Italiens, elegant...
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WORK 05
Morning Awakening
Morning as manifesto: at thirty, Eva Gonzalès paints intimacy large-scale. A young woman stretches as she wakes — the...
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WORK 06
Nanny and Child
Motherhood without sentimentality: childhood painted from inside. A nanny holds a child in domestic intimacy caught...
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WORK 07
Children on the Sand Dunes, Grandcamp
Normandy set free: children, sand, wind. On the sands of Grandcamp, children play beneath a sky brushed with a rapid...
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