Self-Portrait
Edgar Degas · ca. 1855–56 · Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Public domain
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About this picture
Self-Portrait is a public-domain drawing by Edgar Degas, dated ca. 1855–56. Oil on paper, laid down on canvas. The file comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Self-Portrait” (ca. 1855–56) is cropped the way Degas liked: dancers, bathers, or a room seen as if glanced at, not arranged for a formal portrait.
About the artist
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) was a French artist of dancers, bathers, races, and ordinary rooms. He drew constantly and often cropped a scene as if it had been glanced at, rather than posed for a formal portrait.
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