Portrait of Edgar Degas in profile
Medium
Color etching with roulette
Dimensions
Plate: 6 7/16 × 4 1/2 in. (16.3 × 11.4 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 1/4 in. (39.7 × 28.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, 2019
Accession Number
2019.262
Tags
About the Artist
Edgar Degas|Michel Manzi · 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 ...