Portrait of a Young Woman by Degas in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Artist: Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

Title: Portrait of a Young Woman

Date: ca. 1885

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (27.3 x 22.2 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number: 29.100.183

On View


Gallery Label:

This portrait appears to be a rapidly executed study of mood and figure type.

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