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DEGAS, Edgar: Portrait of Madame Paul Valpinçon(?)

🖼 Portrait of Madame Paul Valpinçon(?), 1865
Pencil
357 × 233 cm
Cambridge, USA

Soft brushwork captures a woman in three-quarter view, her dark dress emerging from muted tones with delicate attention to fabric and form. Degas's psychological portraiture redefines nineteenth-century French portraiture through intimate observation rather than flattering convention, prioritizing character over idealization.

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