1864
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Edouard Manet, Bust-Length Portrait (Manet en buste) is a 1864 ink by Edgar Degas, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a close-up portrait of a man with a beard and curly hair. He’s turned slightly to the side, looking down and to the left. The image is made of fine lines and shading, giving it a textured, almost grainy look. The artist used a mix of techniques to create this rich, reddish-brown tone. The paper looks old, with a slight yellow edge around it. Next, check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how these methods create such detailed prints.
Born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas on 19 July 1834 in Paris, Edgar Degas came from an affluent banking family with aristocratic roots and spent his childhood among the cultivated circles of the French capital.
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