Landscape
Edgar Degas
1892
Medium
Monotype in oil colors, heightened with pastel
Dimensions
sheet: 10 x 13 3/8 in. (25.4 x 34 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Bernhard Gift, 1972
Accession Number
1972.636
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Landscapes
About the Artist
Edgar Degas · 1834–1917
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) stands as one of the most innovative artists of the nineteenth century, whose distinctive vision transformed how modern life could be depicted on canvas. Born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas in Paris to a wealthy banking family—his father French, his mother a Louisiana Creole from New Orleans—Degas received a classical education before abandoning law studies in 1855 to pursue ...