[Self-Portrait with Christine and Yvonne Lerolle]
probably 1895–96
![[Self-Portrait with Christine and Yvonne Lerolle] by Edgar Degas](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/self-portrait-with-christine-and-yvonne-lerolle-285444.webp)
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 37.1 x 29.3 cm (14 5/8 x 11 9/16 in.) Mount: 55.4 x 45.5 cm (21 13/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel and Rogers Fund, 2004
Accession Number
2004.335
Tags
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 ...