Ludovic Lepic Holding His Dog
Medium
pastel
Dimensions
sheet: 49.8 × 32.1 cm · secondary support: 50.6 × 38 cm
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund
Accession Number
1988.93
Tags
male
About this artwork
Degas executed this portrait of his friend, the artist Ludovic Lepic, with rapid and expressive strokes of powdery pastel. The two artists worked together closely in printmaking early on, and this work is one of several commemorative depictions that Degas made throughout his career. Here, Lepic is seen with his pet, a Belgian Griffon, suggesting a fondness for dogs for which he was well-known in late-19th century Paris. He died just about one month after this portrait was completed at the age of...