Paule Gobillard, Jeannie Gobillard, Julie Manet, and Geneviève Mallarmé
Edgar Degas
1895
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
28.4 x 38.9 cm (11 3/16 x 15 5/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Paul F. Walter, 2000
Accession Number
2000.655.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
PortraitsWomen
About the Artist
Edgar Degas · 1834–1917
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) stands as one of the most innovative artists of the nineteenth century, whose distinctive vision transformed how modern life could be depicted on canvas. Born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas in Paris to a wealthy banking family—his father French, his mother a Louisiana Creole from New Orleans—Degas received a classical education before abandoning law studies in 1855 to pursue ...