The Engraver Joseph Tourny (Le graveur Joseph Tourny)
Edgar Degas
1857 (third printing)
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 23 × 14.5 cm (9 1/16 × 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 33.2 × 24.9 cm (13 1/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3361
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 ...