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Maker(s):Degas, Edgar
Culture:French (1834 - 1917)
Title:Étude pour René de Gas à L'Encrier (study for the painting René de Gas with inkwell)
Date Made:ca. 1855
Type:Drawing
Materials:sanguine crayon and graphite on medium weight, slightly textured, cream-colored laid paper, mounted
Measurements:sheet: 12 1/4 in x 9 5/16 in; 31.1 cm x 23.7 cm; image: 7 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 19.7 cm x 14 cm
Accession Number:  SC 2017.32
Credit Line:Purchased with the Diane Allen Nixon, class of 1957, Fund, and the Beatrice Oenslager Chace, class of 1928, Fund
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
3/4 length portrait of a standing boy wearing a cap. He is turned toward the left, but looks out at the viewer. His proper right hand is hooked into the belt on his tunic. The drawing is overlaid with an 8 x 4 grid drawn in pencil

Tags:
portraits; boys

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