Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait

Artist:Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date:ca. 1855–56
Medium:Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions:16 x 13 1/2 in. (40.6 x 34.3 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960

At the start of his career, Degas produced some forty self-portraits in various media. This likeness dates to about 1855–56, when the young artist quit his formal training at the École des Beaux-Arts and set off for an extended sojourn in Italy. It reflects Degas's awareness of the self-portraiture of Rembrandt, Ingres, and Delacroix.

Provenance
the artist, Paris (until d. 1917); his brother, René de Gas, Paris (1917–d. 1926); his daughter, Odette de Gas and her husband, Rolland Wilhelm, called Roland Nepveu-Degas, Paris (1926–her d. 1932); Roland Nepveu-Degas, Paris (from 1932; presumably sold to Salz); [Sam Salz, New York, until 1950; sold on April 20 to Clark]; Stephen C. Clark, New York (1950–d. 1960)

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