Henri Fantin-Latour
The work was greatly admired by Whistler's colleagues, including Henri Fantin-Latour, Alfred Stevens, James Tissot and Edgar Degas. For Degas, the painting served as an inspiration for his own portrait of Eugénie Fiocre in the ballet "". Some critics, however, were confused by the title. Philip Hamerton, writing for the "Saturday Review" on 1 June 1867, remarked: