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DEGAS, Edgar: Self-Portrait

🖼 Self-Portrait, 1857-58
Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
26 × 19 cm
Williamstown, USA

Soft brushwork renders a contemplative figure in muted tones, the artist's gaze directed inward with quiet intensity. Degas captures psychological depth rare in nineteenth-century portraiture, prioritizing introspection over flattering representation.

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E. H. Gombrich
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