# Conversation: Ludovic Halévy and Madame Cardinal (The Conversation) for "La Famille Cardinal" by Ludovic Halévy, in Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas made this in about 1880–83, aged about 46. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> This print comes from a series of more than 30 monotypes that Degas planned as illustrations for La Famille Cardinal by the artist’s friend Ludovic Halévy. The satirical stories revolve around two young dancers at the Opéra, Pauline and Virginie Cardinal, and their procuress mother.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: c. 1880–83
- Medium: monotype
- Dimensions: Platemark: 21.3 x 16 cm (8 3/8 x 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 x 17.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.167
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Edgar Degas](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/edgar-degas), French, 1834–1917

Degas trained in the academic tradition, admired Ingres and spent three years in Italy copying earlier art, but turned to modern Paris for his subjects: dancers, racecourses, laundresses, milliners and café singers.

15 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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