Stefanina Primicile Carafa, Marchioness of Cicerale and Duchess of Montejasi by Edgar Degas, c. 1875. oil on fabric. Cleveland Museum of Art.
Stefanina Primicile Carafa, Marchioness of Cicerale and Duchess of Montejasi · Edgar Degas · c. 1875 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Stefanina Primicile Carafa, Marchioness of Cicerale and Duchess of Montejasi

Edgar Degas

Year
c. 1875
Medium
oil on fabric
License
Public Domain

Stefanina Primicile Carafa, Marchioness of Cicerale and Duchess of Montejasi, is depicted by Edgar Degas c. 1875. The oil painting measures about 46 by 38 inches. Cleveland, Ohio.

The portrait is oil on fabric. It resides in the Cleveland Museum of Art. The department lists it under their French 19th-century collection.

Degas was known for his focus on movement, but this work is a rare formal portrait. He preferred to be considered a realist rather than an Impressionist.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.28

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