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The Infanta Margarita, after Velázquez

ca. 1861–62
Not on view
Degas was still relatively new to the practice of etching when he undertook this work, but he would become one of his century's greatest printmakers. Both he and Manet followed the etching practices of Goya (also a copier of Velázquez), clumping together masses of brittle, parallel lines.

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Object Information
  • Title: The Infanta Margarita, after Velázquez
  • Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
  • Artist: After Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (Spanish, Seville 1599–1660 Madrid)
  • Date: ca. 1861–62
  • Medium: Etching and drypoint; second state of two (only known impression)
  • Dimensions: plate: 6 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (17 x 12 cm)
    sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (18 x 15 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, R.W. Moncrief Gift, in honor of Janet Ruttenberg and A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1997
  • Object Number: 1997.240
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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