Street Scene, La-Queue-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne)
Edgar Degas
ca. 1896
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
28.5 x 39.5 cm (11 1/4 x 15 9/16 in. )
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Paul F. Walter, 2000
Accession Number
2000.655.2
Tags
MenWomenStreet Scene
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 ...