The Engraver Joseph Tourny
1857, printed mid-1860s
Medium
Etching on laid paper; third printing with surface tone
Dimensions
plate: 9 1/16 x 5 11/16 in. (23 x 14.4 cm) sheet: 18 15/16 x 13 13/16 in. (48.1 x 35.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.5.5
Tags
About the Artist
Edgar Degas|Joseph-Gabriel Tourny · 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 ...