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A sketched full length portrait of a woman in a long dress

Light graphite lines on off white paper depict a woman who stands at center, looking at the viewer with raised eyebrows and a half smile. Her hair is cropped short over her forehead and curls out at the sides and she wears a pearl necklace. The front of her dress is cut low with a wide lacy collar, puffed sleeves and frilly cuffs. The dress reaches the floor, covering her feet. She holds her right hand at her stomach and her left hand low in front of her. Bulky curtains can be seen hanging behind her.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.2
People
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, French (Paris, France 1834 - 1917 Paris, France)
After Anthony van Dyck, Flemish (Antwerp, Belgium 1599 - 1641 London)
Title
Portrait of Woman, after Anthony van Dyck
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait of Margaret of Lorraine, after Anthony van Dyck
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1860
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294084

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Prepared black chalk on thin off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 30.7 x 18.2 cm (12 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: back of secondary support (found during treatment in Jan. 1960): Atelier stamp [L. 657] in red

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Mathias Komor, (Lugt1882a), New York, NY], sold to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, 1954, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1955

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore Reff, "Degas's Copies of Older Art", The Burlington Magazine (June 1963), CV, p. 247; fig. 12
  • Franco Russoli and Fiorella Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Rizzoli Editore (Milan, Italy, 1970), fig. 38
  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Jean Sutherland Boggs, Degas at Harvard, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge and New Haven, 2005), cat. no. 31, fig. 62, p. 30

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