# Self-Portrait, in Impressionism

Edgar Degas made this in 1857, aged 23. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> In the 1850s Degas frequently used himself as a model, but he made only one printed self-portrait. Through successive stages of biting the plate and layers of crosshatching, Degas gradually built areas of dark tone.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: 1857
- Medium: etching and drypoint
- Dimensions: Platemark: 23 x 14.5 cm (9 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 31.5 x 22.6 cm (12 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2004.87
- 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.

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