Marguerite De Gas, the Artist's Sister (Marguerite De Gas, soeur de l'artiste)
Edgar Degas
1860/1862
Medium
etching and drypoint on paper
Dimensions
plate: 10.7 × 8.7 cm (4 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.) sheet: 13.2 × 10.4 cm (5 3/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.21.109
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 ...