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The image shows a man with a full beard and mustache, short swept-back hair, and closed eyes. He is wearing a dark textured garment, and the background is a plain textured surface. The image is in sepia tones, with shading and lines for detail.
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The image shows a man with a full beard and mustache, short swept-back hair, and closed eyes. He is wearing a dark textured garment, and the background is a plain textured surface. The image is in sepia tones, with shading and lines for detail.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Alphonse Hirsch

Edgar Degas (artist); Jean-François Liegme (printer)

Date
1875, printed 1959
Medium
drypoint and aquatint on thick wove paper [restrike]
Dimensions
sheet: 38.8 × 28.3 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/8 in.) plate: 10.9 × 5.9 cm (4 5/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1980.45.398
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Impressionist
  • Costume
  • Portrait
  • Face
  • Man
Inscription

recto: none; verso: in graphite, along bottom: Degas Alphonse Hirsch (restrike from plate in Mr. Rosenwald's collection ()-B2290)) B-32389

Marks

none

Watermarks

none

NGA object ID 58052. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.