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
Rights
Public Domain
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 ...