Stefanina Primicile Carafa, Marchioness of Cicerale and Duchess of Montejasi
c. 1875
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Stefanina Primicile Carafa, Marchioness of Cicerale and Duchess of Montejasi, c. 1875. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Oil on fabric; framed: 67.6 x 58.4 x 6 cm (26 5/8 x 23 x 2 3/8 in.); unframed: 49 x 39.4 cm (19 5/16 x 15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.28 Degas was a Parisian by birth, but had family connections around the world, including New Orleans and Italy. In this portrait Degas's aunt, who was a titled member of the aristocracy in southwestern Italy, is captured in loose, flowing strokes with her mourning dress and watery-eyed gaze.
- Maker/Artist
- Degas, Edgar
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Framed: 67.6 x 58.4 x 6 cm (26 5/8 x 23 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 49 x 39.4 cm (19 5/16 x 15 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1958.28
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
- Exhibitions
- Style, Truth and the Portrait, Small Paintings from Famous Collections, Portraiture: The Image of the Individual, Degas: The Portraits, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, <em>French Art of the Nineteenth Century, Paintings, Prints, Drawings</em>. Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA (1942)., <em>Collectors' Choice; Masterpieces of French Art from New York Private Collections.</em> Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, NY (1953)., <em>Pictures Collected by Yale Alumni</em>. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (1956)., <em>A Loan Exhibition of 19th and 20th Century French Paintings-Masterpieces Recalled</em>. Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, NY (1957).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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