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Portrait of René-Hillaire De Gas
An 1857 oil on canvas, Portrait of René-Hillaire De Gas, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Degas first made a name for himself as a portrait painter. Here he captures his grandfather, a prominent Neapolitan entrepreneur. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
Bibliography
- Howard, Michael. Encyclopedia of Impressionism. Thunder Bay Pr, 1997.
- Kear, Jon. Degas. Lorenz Books, 2012.
- Rubin, James H & Lablanche, Dominique & Manss, Thomas. Impressionism A&I . Phaidon Press, 1999.
- Thomson, Belinda. Impressionism. Thames & Hudson, 2022.