Edgar Degas

French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris

Edgar Degas, a French artist associated with Impressionism yet distinguished by his focus on movement, the human figure, and the realities of modern urban life, is renowned for his depictions of dancers, bathers, and racecourse scenes. His technical range extended from oil painting and pastel to sculpture and photography, with bronze casting playing a significant role in his later reputation. This collection comprises 206 works dating from 1855 to 1922, predominantly bronze sculptures alongside oil paintings, gelatin silver prints, and chalk drawings on paper. Among the represented pieces are studies and finished versions of his celebrated dancer figures, including The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer and related nude studies.

206 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

The Dancers

· Pastel and charcoal on paper

Two Dancers, Half-length

· Pastel and charcoal on tracing paper with a joined strip, laid down on cardboard

Study for Vieille Italienne (recto); Drapery Study (verso)

1856 · Graphite

Greek Landscape

1856 · Etching (only state; impression from cancelled plate)

The Sportsman Mounting His Horse

1856 · Etching; fifth (final) state, from the canceled plate

Male Nude

1856 · Oil on canvas

Self-Portrait (1857, Met-Objekt 498)

1857 · Etching on wove paper; first state of four

The Engraver Joseph Tourny (1857, Met-Objekt 501)

1857 · Etching (only state); fourth printing on laid paper (with corrosion partly cleaned and additional scratches)

The Engraver Joseph Tourny (1857, Met-Objekt 502)

1857 · Etching; sixth printing on Japanese vellum

Young Man, Seated, in a Velvet Beret, after Rembrandt

1857 · Etching; only state

Self-Portrait (1857, Met-Objekt 511)

1857 · Etching and drypoint; third state of four

Dante and Virgil

1857 · Etching and drypoint on laid paper; second state of three (only known impression)

Self-Portrait (1857, Met-Objekt 527)

1857 · Etching and bitten tone; second state of four

The Old Italian Woman

1857 · Oil on canvas

The Engraver Joseph Tourny (1857, printed mid-1860s)

1857, printed mid-1860s · Etching on laid paper; third printing with surface tone

Study of a Draped Figure

1857–58 · Graphite heightened with white gouache

Young Woman with Ibis

1857–58; reworked 1860–62 · Oil on canvas

Standing Nude Youth, with right arm raised

1859–60 · Graphite (partially rubbed) on wove paper

Youth in an Attitude of Defense

1859–60 · Pencil on buff laid paper

Youth with Arms Upraised

1859–60 or 1861–62 · Black chalk over pencil on fine beige paper

Marguerite De Gas, the Artist's Sister

1860–62 · Etching and drypoint; unique impression of the second state of six

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

1865 · Oil on canvas

The Collector of Prints

1866 · Oil on canvas

Marie Dihau

1867–68 · Oil on canvas

Joseph-Henri Altès

1868 · Oil on canvas

Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot)

1869 · Pastel

Study for “Madame Théodore Gobillard” (Yves Morisot) (1869, Met-Objekt 490)

1869 · Graphite, squared, on buff tracing paper, mounted on laid paper

Study for “Madame Théodore Gobillard” (Yves Morisot) (1869, Met-Objekt 491)

1869 · Graphite

Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot, 1838–1893)

1869 · Oil on canvas

The Ballet from 'Robert le Diable'

1871 · Oil on canvas

Dancer Adjusting Her Slipper

1873 · Graphite heightened with black and white chalk on pink wove paper (now faded); squared for transfer

The Artist's Cousin, Probably Mrs. William Bell (Mathilde Musson, 1841–1878)

1873 · Pastel on green wove paper, now darkened to brown

Two Dancers (1873)

1873 · Dark brown wash and white gouache on bright pink commercially coated wove paper, now faded to pale pink

A Woman Ironing

1873 · Oil on canvas

Seated Dancer

1873–74 · Graphite and charcoal heightened with white on pink wove paper;squared for transfer

The Dance Class

1874 · Oil on canvas

Woman on a Sofa

1875 · Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with touches of pastel, over graphite underdrawing, on pink paper

Study of a Ballet Dancer seen from the Back

1875 (?) · Black chalk on faded pink wove paper

On Stage III

1876–77 · Softground etching,drypoint, and roulette on wove paper; fourth state of five

The Jet Earring

1876–77 · Monotype printed in black ink on white wove paper

Girl Putting on Her Stockings

1876–77 · Monotype in black ink printed on china paper, mounted on cardboard (monotype)

Dancers Practicing at the Barre

1877 · Mixed media on canvas

Mademoiselle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris

1877–78 · Lithograph; only state

Two Dancers in a Rehearsal Room

1877–78 · Aquatint, drypoint, and scraping on laid paper; only state

Factory Smoke

1877–79 · Monotype printed in black ink on laid paper

Edmond Duranty

1879 · Conté crayon, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper

Bookshelves, Study for "Edmond Duranty"

1879 · Dark brown chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper, faded to beige

The Actress Ellen Andrée

1879 · Drypoint on laid paper; second state of three (unique impression)

Fan Mount: Dancers

1879 · Watercolor and metallic paint on silk

Fan Mount: The Ballet

1879 · Watercolor and metallic paint on silk

Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms

1879–80 · Etching and aquatint; fourth state of five

Leaving the Bath (1879–80, Met-Objekt 504)

1879–80 · Drypoint and aquatint on laid paper; twelfth state of twenty-two, or more states

Head of a Woman in Profile

1879–80 · Softground etching, aquatint, and drypoint on laid paper (unique impression)

Leaving the Bath (1879–80, Met-Objekt 520)

1879–80 · Drypoint and aquatint on wove paper; fifteenth state of twenty-two or more states

Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery

1879–80 · Soft-ground, drypoint, aquatint, and etching; third state of nine

At the Café des Ambassadeurs

1879–80 · Etching, softground, drypoint, and aquatint; fifth (final) state; canceled plate

Dancer (1880–85)

1880–85 · Pastel on paper, laid down on board

At the Milliner's (1881)

1881 · Pastel on five pieces of wove paper, backed with paper, and laid down on canvas

At the Milliner's (1882)

1882 · Pastel on pale gray wove paper (industrial wrapping paper), laid down on silk bolting

Portrait of Hortense Valpinçon (Mme. Jacques Fourchy)

1883 · Black conté crayon

Study of a Nude (Dancer at the Barre)

1884–1900 · Charcoal on tracing paper laid down on card

Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub

1885 · Charcoal and pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, laid down on silk bolting

Woman Drying Her Foot

1885–86 · Pastel on buff wove paper, affixed to original pulpboard mount

Nude Woman Standing, Drying Herself

1891–92 · Lithograph (transfer from monotype with crayon, tusche, and scraping); fifth state of six

Horses in the Meadow

1891–92 · Softground etching, aquatint, and drypoint on laid paper; second state of three (unique impression)

After the Bath III (1891–92, Met-Objekt 530)

1891–92 · Lithograph (transfer and crayon); first state of two

After the Bath III (1891–92, Met-Objekt 531)

1891–92 · Lithograph, transfer, and crayon; second state of two

After the Bath (large version)

1891–92 · Lithograph, transfer, and crayon on laid paper; fifth (final) state

Landscape

1892 · Monotype in oil colors, heightened with pastel

Woman with a Towel

1894 or 1898 · Pastel on cream-colored wove paper with red and blue fibers throughout

Paul Poujaud, Mme. Arthur Fontaine, and Degas

1895 · Gelatin silver print

Paule Gobillard, Jeannie Gobillard, Julie Manet, and Geneviève Mallarmé

1895 · Gelatin silver print

The Bath

1895 or before · Charcoal and pastel on heavy wove paper

Woman Putting on a Stocking

1895–1910 · Bronze

View of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme

1896–98 · Oil on canvas

Dancer in Ukrainian Dress

1899 · Pastel over charcoal on tracing paper

Dancers in Ukrainian Dress

1899 · Charcoal and pastel, on tracing paper, mounted on cardboard

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer

1922 (cast), 2018 (tutu) · Partially tinted bronze, cotton tarlatan, silk satin, and wood

Three Dancers Preparing for Class

after 1878 · Pastel on buff-colored wove paper

Self-Portrait (by 1857)

by 1857 · Black chalk and graphite, heightened with white on heavy beige wove paper

Self-Portrait (ca. 1855–56)

ca. 1855–56 · Oil on paper, laid down on canvas

Italian Woman

ca. 1856–57 · Graphite and watercolor on laid paper

Study of a Girl's Legs for the painting "Young Spartans"

ca. 1860–62 · Black chalk

The Infanta Margarita, after Velázquez

ca. 1861–62 · Etching and drypoint; second state of two (only known impression)

Portrait of a Woman in Gray

ca. 1865 · Oil on canvas

Two Men

ca. 1865–69 · Oil on wood

Madame Lisle

ca. 1866–70 · Charcoal and pastel with red, black, and white chalk on beige wove paper

James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot (1836–1902)

ca. 1867–68 · Oil on canvas

Seated, Right Profile

ca. 1868 · Black chalk on faded pink wove paper

Édouard Manet, Seated, Holding His Hat

ca. 1868 · Graphite and black chalk

Bust-Length Portrait

ca. 1868 · Etching, drypoint, and aquatint; third state of four

Seated, Turned to the Right

ca. 1868 · Etching and drypoint; first state of four

Seated, Turned to the Left

ca. 1868 · Etching; first state of two

Édouard Manet at the Races

ca. 1868–69 · Graphite and black chalk

A Jockey on His Horse

ca. 1868–70 · Oil and graphite

Madame Loubens

ca. 1869 · Charcoal and pastel with red, black, and white chalk over graphite on beige wove paper

The Dancing Class

ca. 1870 · Oil on wood

Sulking

ca. 1870 · Oil on canvas

Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso)

ca. 1873 · Oil with opaque watercolor on prepared pink paper (recto); oil on prepared pink paper (verso)

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

ca. 1874 · Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas

The Rehearsal Onstage

ca. 1874 · Pastel over brush-and-ink drawing on thin cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas

Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth

ca. 1875 · Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine on canvas

The Fireside

ca. 1876–77 · Monotype in black ink on white heavy laid paper

Dancer Onstage

ca. 1877 · Gouache over graphite underdrawing on thin wove commercially coated yellow paper, laid down on board

Head of a Horse

ca. 1878 · Graphite on wove paper

Dancer on pointe

ca. 1878 · Charcoal, heightened with white on beige wove paper

Violinist, Study for "The Dance Lesson"

ca. 1878–79 · Pastel and charcoal on green wove paper; squared for transfer in charcoal; letterpress printing on verso

Portraits at the Stock Exchange

ca. 1878–79 · Pastel on paper, pieced, and laid down on canvas

Little Girl Practicing at the Bar

ca. 1878–80 · Black chalk and graphite, heightened with white chalk on pink laid paper

Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin

ca. 1879 · Pastel on toned greenish gray paper

Head and Shoulders of a Young Woman in Profile I

ca. 1879 · Softground etching; canceled plate

Seated Woman in Bonnet and Shawl

ca. 1879 · Aquatint, drypoint, and etching; printed from canceled plate

The Dance Lesson

ca. 1879 · Pastel and black chalk on three pieces of wove paper, joined together

Two Dancers (ca. 1879)

ca. 1879 · Charcoal and white chalk on green commercially coated wove paper

Dancer (ca. 1880)

ca. 1880 · Pastel and charcoal on blue-gray wove paper

Portrait of Virginie Cardinal's Favorite, the Actor Crochard (illustration for La Famille Cardinal by Ludovic Halévy)

ca. 1880 · Black ink printed on laid paper, mounted on heavy paper (monotype)

Dancer with a Fan (ca. 1880)

ca. 1880 · Pastel on gray-green laid paper

The Milliner

ca. 1882 · Pastel and charcoal on warm gray wove paper, now discolored to buff (watermark MICHALLET), laid down on dark brown wove paper

Album of Forty-five Figure Studies

ca. 1882–85 · Black chalk on thin, eggshell paper

Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass

ca. 1882–85 · Oil on canvas

Dancer in Green

ca. 1883 · Pastel

Bather Drying Herself (ca. 1883–84)

ca. 1883–84 · Charcoal and pastel on off-white laid paper

Bather Sponging Her Knee

ca. 1883–84 · Charcoal, pastel, and gray wash on off-white laid paper

The Singer in Green

ca. 1884 · Pastel on light blue laid paper

Portrait of a Young Woman

ca. 1885 · Oil on canvas

Race Horses

ca. 1885–88 · Pastel on wood

Woman Having Her Hair Combed

ca. 1886–88 · Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original pulpboard mount

Woman Combing Her Hair

ca. 1888–90 · Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original pulpboard mount

Bather Stepping into a Tub

ca. 1890 · Pastel and charcoal on blue laid paper, mounted at perimeter on backing board

Dancers, Pink and Green

ca. 1890 · Oil on canvas

Dancer with a Fan (ca. 1890–95)

ca. 1890–95 · Pastel and charcoal on buff-colored wove tracing paper

Bather Drying Herself (ca. 1892)

ca. 1892 · Charcoal and pastel, heightened with white chalk, on tracing paper (mounted on cardboard)

Street Scene, La-Queue-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne)

ca. 1896 · Gelatin silver print

Woman Drying Her Arm

late 1880s–early 1890s · Pastel and charcoal on light pink wove paper, discolored at the edges

The Tub

modeled 1888–89, cast 1920 · Bronze

Portrait of a Woman (Mme Albert Bartholomé (?))

modeled 1890s, cast 1920 · Bronze

Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground

modeled after 1878, cast 1920 · Bronze

Thoroughbred Horse Walking

modeled before 1881, cast 1920 · Bronze

Second Arabesque (modeled before 1885, cast 1920, Met-Objekt 420)

modeled before 1885, cast 1920 · Bronze

Second Arabesque (modeled before 1885, cast 1920, Met-Objekt 426)

modeled before 1885, cast 1920 · Bronze

Horse Walking (modeled before 1885, cast in 1920)

modeled before 1885, cast in 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Holding her Right Foot in Her Right Hand

modeled before 1910, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Putting on Her Stocking (Third State)

modeled before 1910, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot (Fourth State)

modeled before ca. 1895–1900, cast 1920 · Bronze

Study in the Nude for The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer

modeled ca. 1878–80, cast 1920 · Bronze

The Apple Pickers

modeled ca. 1881–83, cast 1920 · Bronze

Study for a Portrait of Mathilde Salle (modeled ca. 1892, cast 1920, Met-Objekt 432)

modeled ca. 1892, cast 1920 · Bronze on black marble base

Study for a Portrait of Mathilde Salle (modeled ca. 1892, cast 1920, Met-Objekt 439)

modeled ca. 1892, cast 1920 · Bronze on black marble base

Horse with Jockey; Horse Galloping, Turning the Head to the Right, the Feet Not Touching the Ground

modeled perhaps before ca. 1879, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer at Rest, Hands on Her Hips, Left Leg Forward

modeled perhaps ca. 1878, cast 1920 · Bronze

Woman Washing Her Left Leg (First State)

modeled perhaps ca. 1883, cast 1920 · Bronze

Woman Washing Her Left Leg (Second State)

modeled perhaps ca. 1883–86 or later, cast 1920 · Bronze

La Masseuse

modeled perhaps ca. 1895, cast 1920 · Bronze

Study of a Mustang

modeled possibly before 1865, cast 1920 · Bronze

Horse with Jockey; Horse Galloping on the Right Foot, the Back Left Foot Only Touching the Ground

modeled possibly before 1871, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Fastening the String of Her Tights

modeled possibly before 1890, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Bowing (Second State)

modeled possibly ca. 1878–80, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Bowing (First State)

modeled possibly ca. 1878–80, cast 1920 · Bronze

Horse Standing

modeled possibly ca. 1881–82, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dressed Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward (Second State)

modeled possibly ca. 1895, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward

modeled possibly ca. 1895, cast 1920 · Bronze

Seated Woman Wiping her Left Hip

modeled possibly ca. 1896, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Putting on Her Stockings (Second State)

modeled possibly ca. 1900, cast 1920 · Bronze

The Bow

modeled probably ca. 1896–99, cast 1920 · Bronze

Horse Galloping on Right Foot

modeled probably after 1887 or 1889, cast 1920 · Bronze

Horse Walking (modeled probably before 1881, cast 1920)

modeled probably before 1881, cast 1920 · Bronze

Draught Horse

modeled probably before 1881, cast 1920 · Bronze

Prancing Horse

modeled probably before 1885, cast 1920 · Bronze

Arabesque Devant (modeled probably before 1890, cast 1920, Met-Objekt 404)

modeled probably before 1890, cast 1920 · Bronze

Tendu Devant

modeled probably before 1890, cast 1920 · Bronze

First Arabesque

modeled probably before 1890, cast 1920 · Bronze

Arabesque Devant (modeled probably before 1890, cast 1920, Met-Objekt 413)

modeled probably before 1890, cast 1920 · Bronze

First Arabesque Penchée (modeled probably before 1890, cast 1920)

modeled probably before 1890, cast 1920 · Bronze

Second Arabesque (modeled probably before 1890, cast 1920)

modeled probably before 1890, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Moving Forward, Arms Raised, Right Leg Forward (Second State)

modeled probably before 1900, cast 1920 · Bronze

Woman Seated in an Armchair Wiping Her Neck

modeled probably before 1902, cast 1920 · Bronze

Horse at Trough

modeled probably ca. 1860–68, cast 1920 · Bronze

Rearing Horse

modeled probably ca. 1880–90, cast 1920 · Bronze

Tendu Derrière

modeled probably ca. 1882–95 · Bronze

Arabesque Devant (modeled probably ca. 1883–88, cast 1920)

modeled probably ca. 1883–88, cast 1920 · Bronze

Horse with Head Lowered

modeled probably ca. 1883–90, cast 1920 · Bronze

Spanish Dancer (Second State)

modeled probably ca. 1884, cast 1920 · Bronze

Spanish Dancer (First State)

modeled probably ca. 1884, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer in the Role of Harlequin

modeled probably ca. 1884–85, cast 1920 · Bronze

Woman Stretching

modeled probably ca. 1884–89, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer with Tambourine

modeled probably ca. 1885, cast 1920 · Bronze

Horse Balking

modeled probably ca. 1888–90, cast 1920 · Bronze

Torso: Woman Rubbing Her Back with a Sponge

modeled probably ca. 1888–92, cast 1920 · Bronze

Woman Getting out of the Bath

modeled probably ca. 1890 or later, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot (Third State)

modeled probably ca. 1890–1910, cast 1920 · Bronze

First Arabesque Penché

modeled probably ca. 1892–96, cast 1920 · Bronze

First Arabesque Penchée (modeled probably ca. 1892–96, cast 1920)

modeled probably ca. 1892–96, cast 1920 · Bronze

Woman Seated in Armchair Wiping Her Left Armpit

modeled probably ca. 1895, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot (First State)

modeled probably ca. 1895–1910, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot (Second State)

modeled probably ca. 1895–1910, cast 1920 · Bronze

Woman Taken Unawares

modeled probably ca. 1896, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Adjusting the Shoulder Strap of Her Bodice

modeled probably ca. 1896, cast 1920 · Bronze

Woman Seated in Chair Wiping her Left Side

modeled probably ca. 1896–1900, cast 1920 · Bronze

Pregnant Woman

modeled probably ca. 1896–1910, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Putting on Her Stocking (First State)

modeled probably ca. 1896–1912, cast 1920 · Bronze

Dancer Holding Her Right Foot in Her Right Hand

modeled probably ca. 1900–1910, cast 1920 · Bronze

Woman Arranging her Hair

modeled probably ca. 1900–1910, cast 1920 · Bronze

Head of a Saint (profile to the right), after Fra Angelico

n.d. · Black chalk, heightened with white, on pink-beige paper

Self-Portrait with Zoé Closier

probably 1895 · Gelatin silver print

Self-Portrait in Library (Hand to Chin)

probably 1895 · Gelatin silver print

Self-Portrait with Christine and Yvonne Lerolle

probably 1895–96 · Gelatin silver print