[Self-Portrait in Library (Hand to Chin)]
Edgar Degas
probably 1895
![[Self-Portrait in Library (Hand to Chin)] by Edgar Degas](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/self-portrait-in-library-hand-to-chin-296287.webp)
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 5.8 x 8.7 cm (2 5/16 x 3 7/16 in.) Mount: 15 x 12 cm (5 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Robert Shapazian, 2010
Accession Number
2010.457.4b
Tags
Men
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 ...