René-Hilaire de Gas, Grandfather of the Artist

1856

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

Edgar Degas

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.9 x 10.9 cm (5 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.6 x 16.6 cm (9 11/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.16.42

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 2, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b), Alverthorpe, Pennsylvania; gift to NGA, 1951.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1960

  • Loan exhibition of Degas for the benefit of the Citizen's Committee for Children of New York, Inc., Wildenstein and Co., New York, 1960, no. 110 (as Auguste Degas).

1994

  • Degas -- Portraits, Kunsthaus Zürich; Kunsthalle Tübingen, 1994-1995, no. 18.

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Wikidata ID

Q65222720

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