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Aux courses en province
At the Races in the Countryside
Edgar Degas · 1869
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
About this painting
Shown at the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874, it hides a tender family detail: Degas's friend Paul Valpinçon's infant son asleep in his wet nurse's arms.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
37 × 56 cm (14.6 × 22 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston
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