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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Lot 1280

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Dante et Virgile à l’entrée de l’Enfer

Closed13 November 2015

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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Dante et Virgile à l’entrée de l’Enfer
oil on paper laid down on canvas
12 5/8 x 8 ¾ in. (32 x 22.3 cm.)
Painted in 1857-1858

Jeanne Fevre, Paris (the artist's niece); sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 12 June 1934, lot 114.
Theodore Schempp, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
St. Louis Art Museum (acquired from the above, 1934); sale, Christie’s, New York, 20 November 1986, lot 311.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

This painting is a study for a larger version (Lemoisne, no. 34), formerly in the collection of Georges Viau, Paris.