Curator’s note
The Collector of Prints
An early work from 1866 by Edgar Degas, master of Impressionism. A man sits surrounded by the prints he collects, observed with delicate care — Degas’s sharp eye for people in everyday moments already unmistakable.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
- Date
- 1866
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (53 x 40 cm)
- On view
- Gallery 815
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