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Edgar Degas

Jockey with Red Cap

Maker

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)

Title

Jockey with Red Cap
Jockey, Red Cap

Year

ca. 1866-1868

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Geography

Place Made: France

Dimensions

46.2 x 30.6 cm (18 3/16 x 12 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Estate stamp LR in red: Degas

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

35.539

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Inventing Impressionism
Oct 21, 2016 – Jun 11, 2017

Label copy

Variations on this horse and rider appeared in Degas’s work over two decades. In this oil study he cropped the horse’s head and legs, emphasizing its muscular belly and flanks. He depicted the jockey from the back, his arms close, chin down, and leg thrust forward as he reins the horse. Working on paper, he employed peinture à l'essence, blotting his paints to remove excess oil and then diluting them with a solvent such as turpentine. The thinned medium permitted him to draw more fluently with the brush, and its capacity to dry quickly allowed him to add new layers of pigment to adjust the sketch.

Edgar Degas
Six Friends at Dieppe
Sep 16, 2005 – Jan 15, 2006
European Painting and Sculpture, circa 1770-1937
Oct 18, 1991 – Jan 26, 1992

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)
Jockey with Red Cap; Jockey, Red Cap, ca. 1866-1868
Oil paint with solvent (peinture à l’essence) on paper, mounted to cardboard, mounted to wood panel
46.2 x 30.6 cm (18 3/16 x 12 1/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 35.539

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