The Countess Brushes Her Hair (Esmérée) or Dancing Music ( Esmérée)

1892

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Zincograph printed in sepia
Dimensions: Plate: 13 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (33.2 × 20.2 cm) Sheet: 16 1/8 × 12 13/16 in. (41 × 32.5 cm)
Collection no.: 1983.1217.34
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Countess Brushes Her Hair (Esmérée) or Dancing Music ( Esmérée) — Émile Bernard. 1892.

Medium: Zincograph printed in sepia. Dimensions: Plate: 13 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (33.2 × 20.2 cm) Sheet: 16 1/8 × 12 13/16 in. (41 × 32.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld, 1983.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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