Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting
c. 1878–80
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting, c. 1878–80. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Oil on wood panel; framed: 42.5 x 50 x 6 cm (16 3/4 x 19 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.); unframed: 27 x 34 cm (10 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.25 The gentlemen in this painting had close relationships with many Parisian artists and would go directly to their studios to purchase works that they wanted to exhibit or sell.
- Maker/Artist
- Degas, Edgar
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- Framed: 42.5 x 50 x 6 cm (16 3/4 x 19 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 27 x 34 cm (10 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed in upper left: Degas / a [sic] ses chers amis
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1958.25
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
- Exhibitions
- The Private Degas, Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections, Edgar Degas and the Italians in Paris, Degas and Rodin - Giants of Modernism, <em>Exposition Degas</em>. Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, France (1924)., <em>Degas-Portraitiste Sculpteur</em>. Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France (1931).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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