DrawingsFrench19th century

Study for "Diego Martelli"

1879

Artists

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar DegasArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal, black and white chalk, and traces of white opaque watercolor, squared in black chalk, on green-gray wove paper, discolored to tan

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

45 x 28.9 cm (17 11/16 x 11 3/8 in.) frame: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)

Provenance

Atelier Degas, [sold at Vente III, no. 344a, 1919]. [César M. de Hauke], sold to Paul J. Sachs, 1930, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

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