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Le Violoncelliste Pilet
The Cellist Pilet
Edgar Degas · 1868
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
About this painting
Degas isolates cellist Louis-Marie Pilet of the Paris Opéra orchestra in a tightly cropped composition, prefiguring the artist's fascination with musicians' postures.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
51 × 62 cm (20.1 × 24.4 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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