The Millinery Shop by Edgar Degas

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The Millinery Shop by Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas · 1879

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

About this painting

Degas spent up to seven years on this, the largest of his hat-shop scenes, fascinated by the milliner's trade as another world of skilled female labor.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

100 × 111 cm (39.4 × 43.7 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

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