Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting

Edgar Degas, c. 1878–80

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Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting, c. 1878–80. oil on wood panel.

oil on wood panel · Framed: 42.5 x 50 x 6 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum title: Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting
Artist: Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
Date: c. 1878–80
Medium: oil on wood panel
Dimensions: Framed: 42.5 x 50 x 6 cm (16 3/4 x 19 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 27 x 34 cm (10 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit line: Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1834–1917

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.