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Sheet of Studies and Sketches

1858

Edgar Degas

(French, 1834–1917)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
graphite, pen and dark brown ink, and watercolor on thick ivory wove paper
Support
Ivory wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 30.4 x 23.5 cm (11 15/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1951.430
Public Domain
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The date Degas wrote on this drawing is incorrect; he didn't visit Florence until 1858, and must have inscribed the sheet years later.

Description

Degas traveled to Florence, Italy, in July 1858, where he made this sheet of studies. The featured imagery is fragmented and dissociated, suggesting the young artist's engagement with art of the past. The refined female head drawn at center in graphite was copied from a drawing then attributed to Leonardo da Vinci in the Uffizi Gallery's collection. Other sketches record Degas's responses to Florentine sculpture. At upper right, he sketched an informal portrait of his cousin Giulia Bellelli, probably from life.
A sheet of various sketches of faces, people, and horses. At the top left, there is a sketch of the side profile of a man, at the top right, there is a sketch of the side profile of a face and close below that face is a sketch of the side profile of a woman. At the center, there is a large sketch of a woman looking to our left and the bottom of the paper contains full body sketches of people and horses.

Sheet of Studies and Sketches

1858

Edgar Degas

(French, 1834–1917)
France, 19th century

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