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Woman at a Window
Edgar Degas · 1871
Courtauld Gallery
London, United Kingdom
About this painting
Degas thinned his oil paint with turpentine here, draining its sheen to mimic watercolor and give the shadowed figure an eerily matte, ghostlike quality.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on paper
Dimensions
61 × 46 cm (24 × 18.1 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Courtauld Gallery, London
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