Edgar Degas, Woman in a Ruffled Cap
Allen Fund, 2022.257 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Edgar Degas

Woman in a Ruffled Cap

1859–60

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
11.9 × 8.7 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-195885

Although Edgar Degas is known for his depictions of modern Parisian life, early in his career the artist focused on portraiture. This etching was created after time spent closely studying the prints of Northern master Rembrandt van Rijn at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Degas emulated the elder artist’s distinctive mark making to record the likeness of this woman, whose identity is unknown today. Like many of Degas’s prints, this work was never editioned and exists in only four impressions.

Provenance

Allen Fund, 2022.257

Registry history

  • 1859–60 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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