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Edgar Degas

La Savoisienne, ca. 1860

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Edgar Degas, 1834-1917, French

Title

La Savoisienne

Year

ca. 1860

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

62.9 x 46.4 cm (24 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed UL:Degas

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

23.072

Projects & Publications

Publications

Mary Cassatt

Friends and Family

Edgar Degas

Six Friends At Dieppe

Exchange Exhibition, Exhibition Exchange

From the Collection of Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; From the Collection of The Museum of Art, Rhode

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Edgar Degas

September 16, 2005 - January 15, 2006

European Painting and Sculpture, circa 1770-1937

October 18, 1991 - January 26, 1992

Exchange Exhibition of Paintings from Rose Museum, Brandeis University

February 16 - April 2, 1967

European Galleries

This painting depicts a young girl from Savoy, a mountainous region adjacent to Italy and Switzerland that was annexed by France in 1860. Female figures in regional clothing were popular subjects in 19th-century art, but they were unusual in the works of Edgar Degas.

Early in his career, Degas spent three years in Italy, visiting family and studying Renaissance art. Here, recalling the techniques and appearance of 16th-century Florentine portraiture, Degas carefully drew and modeled the young girl’s head. He then opposed these traditional methods of construction with wide, loose brushstrokes that suggest the dense, pleated folds of her coif (linen headdress) and the softer textures of her collar and dress.

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