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Degas, Edgar

6 works

Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery

Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery

Degas, Edgar

The image depicts an etching plate with a faint outline of a man's head and partial bust, primarily focusing on his facial features. The figure appears to be oriented slightly to the left, as if turning slightly in profile. Facial features such as the outline of a nose, mouth, and a detailed mustache and beard can be discerned through a series of etching marks and scratches. The man's hair appears to be short with defined lines suggesting a combed back style. The clothing suggested by the more densely etched area provides the hint of a collared shirt or jacket, though details are sparse. The overall setting is a plain copper plate surface with no additional background details beyond the etched figure itself.

Alphonse Hirsch

Degas, Edgar

The image shows a drawing of a person from the knees up, lying on their back with their head tilted to the side and arms resting at their sides. The person's facial features are soft, with closed eyes and a relaxed mouth, and their medium length, slightly wavy hair is visible. They are wearing a buttoned shirt with a high collar in earthy tones with hints of red and shading, depicted with a focus on capturing the folds and textures. The background is a light, solid color, emphasizing the figure's form and posture without any additional elements.

Fallen Jockey (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey")

Degas, Edgar

A woman with peachy skin stands facing our left in profile ironing a pale blue shirt on a white surface, possibly a table, with a line of pastel-colored shirts hanging in front of curtained windows opposite us in this vertical painting. We seem to look slightly down onto the woman’s shoulders and onto the surface of the table. The white tabletop takes up most of the bottom half of the composition, and, seen from the knees up, the woman leans in from the lower right corner. The woman’s chestnut-brown hair is pulled up into a bun, and she wears a dark earring in her left ear. Her denim-blue dress is speckled with white dots and highlighted with strokes of blush pink. Her sleeves are rolled up to the elbow, and a dusty rose-pink apron covers her brown skirt. She presses down on the iron with her right hand, farther from us, and uses her left hand to straighten the fabric of the shirt collar. The iron has a thick handle and a flat, narrow, triangular surface used to press out wrinkles. A small, empty, bronze-colored bowl and crisply starched and folded porcelain-white shirt lie on the table to her left, closer to us. A row of hanging garments in pale crepe pink, flaxen gold, teal, and lavender purple soften the light coming into the room from three vertical windows, which are covered with sheer, ivory-white curtains. The artist’s feathery brushstrokes give the painting a hazy quality. The artist signed the work with olive-green letters near the lower left corner: “Degas.”

Woman Ironing

Degas, Edgar

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman in a voluminous rust-orange dress stands facing us in this vertical portrait painting. She looks toward us but slightly down with dark brown eyes under curved brows. She has a wide face, rounded cheeks, a broad nose, and closed, coral-pink lips over a deeply dimpled chin. Her chestnut-brown hair is pulled up and back. The orange dress has a band of charcoal gray across the shoulders and at the flaring cuffs. Wide, vertical pleats fall from under the band across her chest. White trim, perhaps lace or fur, is suggested by loosely painted cream white at the high neck. The poofy sleeves and cinched cuffs of her white shirt extend beyond the dress sleeves. Her right arm, to our left, hangs by her side and the other holds an indistinct, loosely painted light-colored object down in front of her. She seems to be in a corner with the wall behind thinly washed in muted brown and green and a sienna-brown wood panel wall to our right.

Girl in Red

Degas, Edgar

The sculpture depicts a figure in a dynamic pose. One leg is lifted high with the foot pointed forward, the arms are bent at the elbows, and both hands are positioned differently - one pointed downwards and the other upwards. It portrays a dancer caught in mid-motion. The figure is sculpted in a dark brown color, and the material appears to be bronze, giving the subject a polished, metallic sheen. The sculpture is mounted on a simple rectangular base, providing a foundation to keep it upright. A metal rod provides additional support to the figure, attaching from the base to the torso. The detail in the sculpture captures the muscularity and movement of the dancer, highlighting the contours and tensions of the body's form.

Fourth Position Front, on the Left Leg

Degas, Edgar