Degas was a member of a distinguished family and he portrayed many of his relatives. This is one of the preliminary studies for a portrait he painted of his sister Marguerite (1842-95), who was eight years his junior. She was a singer and married the architect Henri Fèvre, with whom she moved to Buenos Aires.
Specifications
| Title | Portrait of Laure-Marguerite De Gas |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pencil and black chalk |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 263 mm Width 227 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Edgar Degas
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| Accession number | MB 1976/T 19 (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of Vitale Bloch, 1976 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1976 |
| Creation date | in circa 1858-1860 |
| Collector | Collector / Vitale Bloch |
| Internal exhibitions |
Impressionisme: Een schone kijk (1992) De Collectie Twee - wissel V, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Edgar Degas
Parijs 1834 - Parijs 1917
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Paris in 1855. He took a number of study trips to Italy and initially painted mainly...
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