Victorine Louise Meurent February 18, 1844 - March 17, 1927 .
Painted by Edouard Manet 1862
In her early life, she has been known as the favorite model of Edouard Manet. Modeling for many Manet paintings to include the following
Victorine Meurent posing for Manet Woman with parrot 1866
Edouard Manet's painting 1873
Around 1870 she started taking art classes and had become withdrawn from Manet. Almost all of her paintings and drawings have been lost with the exception of one.
Le Jour des Rameaux only surviving example of Meurent's artwork 1880 sold in 1930 and recovered in 2004