ORThe Open Room
Digital gallery
Back to the NGA collection
The image shows a man from the shoulders up. He is slightly turned, with closed eyes or a downward gaze. He has a textured beard, receding short hair, and wears a patterned garment. The image is in a sketch style with cross-hatched lines for detail. The background is plain with an aged paper effect.
Read the visual description

The image shows a man from the shoulders up. He is slightly turned, with closed eyes or a downward gaze. He has a textured beard, receding short hair, and wears a patterned garment. The image is in a sketch style with cross-hatched lines for detail. The background is plain with an aged paper effect.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Alphonse Hirsch

Edgar Degas (artist); Arthur Floury (printer)

Date
1875, printed 1959
Medium
drypoint and aquatint on laid paper [restrike]
Dimensions
sheet: 19.7 × 14.9 cm (7 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.) plate: 11.2 × 6 cm (4 7/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1980.45.399
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Impressionist
  • Portrait
  • Face
  • Man
Marks

verso: in black ink: PRINTED BY ARTHUR FLORY 1959 [in circle]

Watermarks

none

NGA object ID 58053. 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.