Male Nude

Edgar Degas, 1856

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Male Nude, 1856. Oil on canvas.

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Oil on canvas · 13 3/4 x 24 1/4 in. (34.9 x 61.6 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: Male Nude
Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date: 1856
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 24 1/4 in. (34.9 x 61.6 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Philip and Catherine Korsant, 2007
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1834–1917

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