Portrait of a Woman in Gray

Edgar Degas, ca. 1865

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Portrait of a Woman in Gray, ca. 1865. Oil on canvas.

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Oil on canvas · 36 x 28 1/2 in. (91.4 x 72.4 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: Portrait of a Woman in Gray
Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date: ca. 1865
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 28 1/2 in. (91.4 x 72.4 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Vogel, 1957
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1834–1917

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