Portrait of Virginie Cardinal's Favorite, the Actor Crochard (illustration for La Famille Cardinal by Ludovic Halévy)
ca. 1880
Medium
Black ink printed on laid paper, mounted on heavy paper (monotype)
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1/8 x 7 7/16 in. (25.7 x 18.9 cm) plate: 6 1/4 x 4 11/16 in. (15.9 x 11.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1975
Accession Number
1975.531
Tags
About the Artist
Edgar Degas|Ludovic Halévy · 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 ...