At the Cafe des Ambassadeurs (Aux Ambassadeurs)

1879/1880

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

This is a painting of a dimly lit interior scene with figures. The artwork depicts several figures gathered intimately in a shadowy room. The use of chiaroscuro enhances the sense of depth, creating a mysterious atmosphere. Dark tones dominate the image as the figures blend into the shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, and drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.4 × 29.3 cm (10 3/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.1 × 49.7 cm (12 5/8 × 19 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.61

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reed/Shapiro 1984, no. 49, State v/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alexis Hubert Rouart [1839-1911], Paris (Lugt 2187a)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • Edgar Degas, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, 1955, no cat.

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. 116.

1964

  • Etchings by Edgar Degas, The University of Chicago, 1964, no. 25, repro.

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as At the Café des Ambassadeurs.

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.

1984

  • Reed, Sue Welsh, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1984: no.49, State v/v.

Markings

recto: Alexis Hubert Rouart (Lugt 2187a); verso: none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65222734

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