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DEGAS, Edgar: Portrait of a Young Woman

🖼 Portrait of a Young Woman, 1867
Oil on canvas
27 × 22 cm
Paris, France

Soft pastel tones model a contemplative young woman's face in three-quarter view, her gaze averted with psychological intimacy. Degas captures modern Parisian femininity through restrained color and psychological depth, pioneering portraiture beyond mere likeness into emotional interiority.

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E. H. Gombrich
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