Virginie Being Admired While the Marquis Cavalcanti Looks On, c. 1876/1877

Not on View

Ludovic Halévy's "The Cardinal Family" (La Famille Cardinal)

monotype (black ink) touched with pastel on wove paper

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.)

Janis 1968, no. 225

1995.47.75

Edgar Degas (artist) French, 1834 - 1917

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

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

Mellon, Paul

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.

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.