About this artwork
Edgar Degas rarely accepted portrait commissions; his sitters were almost always family members or people within his social circle. The two women in this somber, unfinished painting were identified through preparatory drawings that label them as “Mme Lisle” (left) and “Mme Loubens” (right). Both were friends of artist Édouard Manet’s family; they likely met Degas at a gathering at Manet’s home. In an 1869 letter, artist Berthe Morisot lamented that Degas had abandoned her at one such soirée for the company of Madame Lisle and Madame Loubens, attesting to the group’s closeness.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
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Artist
- Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
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Title
- Portrait of Mme Lisle and Mme Loubens
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1862–1872
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Stamped lower right: Degas
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Dimensions
- 84 × 96.6 cm (33 1/16 × 38 in.); Framed: 101.6 × 115 × 8 cm (40 × 45 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Annie Laurie Ryerson in memory of Joseph Turner Ryerson
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Reference Number
- 1953.335
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/79586/manifest.json
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