Self-portrait

Autoportrait

Self-portrait

Edgar Degas · 1857

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

About this painting

Painted around age 23, this small oil sketch shows Degas testing the searching, Ingres-influenced self-scrutiny that would mark his early career.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on paper, laid down on canvas

Dimensions

21 × 16 cm (8.3 × 6.3 in)

Painted at

Rome, Italy

Current location

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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