Virginie Being Admired While the Marquis Cavalcanti Looks On

c. 1876/1877

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    monotype (black ink) touched with pastel on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 x 11.9 cm (6 5/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.5 x 14.9 cm (8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.47.75

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Janis 1968, no. 225

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2005

  • "Edgar Degas: Six Friends at Dieppe", Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 2005-2006, no. 10.

2019

  • Degas at the Opera, Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019-2020, no. 285, repro.

Bibliography

1938

  • Halévy, Ludovic. La Famille Cardinal. Paris: August Blaizot et Fils, 1938/1939: p. 85.

1968

  • Janis, Eugenia Parry. Degas Monotypes; essay, catalogue, & checklist. Cambridge: Fogg Art Museum, 1968.

Inscriptions

lower right, on sheet, in margin outside of plate: Degas [grey signature stamp (Lugt 658)]

Wikidata ID

Q75393770

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