It belongs to the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris, but since 2000 it is in loan to the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.

[2] It shows Berthe in mourning for the death of her father, and therefore dressed in black, but wearing an engagement ring.

This detail and the use of color demonstrate the influence of Spanish artists such as Diego Velázquez and Francisco Goya, whom Manet greatly admired.

The portrait entered Morisot's own collection, possibly directly from the artist, before being donated to the French state in 1999.

It was initially allocated to the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris, before being moved in 2000 to the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, where it still hangs.