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Woman Embroidering

1858

chalk

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Impressionism Realism Early 19th Century Portrait

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Woman Embroidering is a 1858 chalk by Edgar Degas, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Edgar Degas
When & what style?: 1858 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

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Edgar Degas

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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