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Edgar Degas

French, 1834-1917

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917). Self-Portrait, ca. 1854-1855. Oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (41.3 x 33.7 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, 1964 (1964:13).

Works by This Artist

Étude de nu pour la danseuse habillée (Study in the Nude for the Dressed Ballet Dancer), 1879-1880 (cast executed 1919-1921 from original wax)

Edgar Degas
Portrait de Mlle Rose Caron (Portrait of Rose Caron), ca. 1892

Edgar Degas
Nathalie Wolkonska, not dated

Edgar Degas
Mary Cassatt at the Louvre, 1876-1877

Edgar Degas
Mlle Fiocre dans le ballet "La Source" (Mademoiselle Fiocre in the ballet "La Source"), 1866-1868

Edgar Degas
Horse with Head Lowered, ca. 1885 (cast executed 1919-1921)

Edgar Degas
Étude de cavalier (Study of a Horseman), ca. 1882

Edgar Degas
Degas à la redingote noire (Self-Portrait), ca. 1854-1855

Edgar Degas

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Degas à la redingote noire (Self-Portrait), ca. 1854-1855

Edgar Degas

Degas à la redingote noire (Self-Portrait)

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