10182, 11:93 AM Edgar Degas | The Collector of Prins | The Metropolitan Museum of Ar. TH Mr European Paintings The Collector of Prints 1866 Edgar Degas French Intthis scene, cheap, outmoded prints—colored lithographs by the flower painter Pierre-Joseph hitpsiiwu.melmuseum.orglarcollectionisearchi496122, 1810182, 1.35 AM Edgar Degas |The Collector of Print| The Metropolitan Museum of At Redouté—are coupled with a fashionable Tang dynasty horse and Japanese fabrics pinned on the bulletin board to typify an old-fashioned collector, obsessively accumulating an array of artworks. The depiction of individuals, interrupted at tasks amid settings that reveal clues about their character, was developed by Degas in numerous figure paintings of the 1860s and early 1870s. Artwork Details Overview Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Provenance —_ExhibitionHistory | Title: The Collector of Prints Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834-1917 Paris) Date: 1866 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 20 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (53 x 40 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: H. 0. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. 0. Havemeyer, 1929 Accession Number: 29100.44 Learn more about this artwork htps:www.metmuseur.orglarticollecton/searchi436122 26soi, 1133 AM Edgar Degas | The Collector of Prins | The Metropolitan Museum of Ar. European Paintings at The Met ‘The Met's celebrated European Paintings collection encompasses. ‘more than 2,500 works of art from the thirteenth through the early twentieth century. Timeline of Art History Eeeee we we = ESSAY American Impressionism ESSAY Claude Monet (1840-1926) Essay Edgar Degas (1834-1917): Bronze Sculpture ESSAY Edgar Degas (1834-1917): Painting and Drawing ESSAY Impressionism: Art and Modernity ESSAY Japonisme ESSAY Lithography in the Nineteenth Century ESSAY Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844-1926) ESSAY hitpsswww.metmuseur.orglarticollecton/searchi436122 a601822, 11:93 AM Edgar Degas | The Collector of Prins | The Metropolitan Museum of Ar. Ez The Lure of Montmartre, 1880-1900 ESSAY The Print in the Nineteenth Century ESSAY The Salon and The Royal Academy ESSAY Edouard Manet (1832-1883) CHRONOLOGY France, 1800-1900 A.D. i Museum Publications Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection The Private Collection of Edgar Degas Origins of Impressionism 7 "The Pictures within Degas's Pictures": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v.1 (1968) cy ¥ See more hitpsiwu.melmuseum.orglarcllectionisearchi496122, 406soi, 1133 AM Edgar Degas | The Collector of Prins | The Metropolitan Museum of Ar. Related Artworks llRelated Artworks | Inthesamegallery -ByEdgarDegas._—-EuropeanPaintings «Canvas, Ollpaint Paintings —-~FromEurope —-FromFrance ‘From A.0.1800-1900 The Schoolgirl! Huit Sonnets. ..lIlustré de dix-nuef Seated Woman ir Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834-1917 dessins inédits de Edgar Degas Edgar Degas (Frei Paris) Illustrated by Edgar Degas 1917 Paris) modeled ca. 1879-81, cast 1956 (French, Paris 1834-1917 Paris) ca. 1879 1946 Feedback We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form, The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments. htps:www.metmuseur.orglarticollecton/searchi436122 56101822, 11:93 AM Edgar Degas | The Collector of Prins | The Metropolitan Museum of Ar. © 2000-2022 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved hitpsiwu.melmuseum.orglarcllectionisearchi496122, 6