Edgar Degas

The Ballet from "Robert le Diable"



Edgar Degas - The Ballet from



Edgar Degas
The Ballet from "Robert le Diable"
1871
66 x 54.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right: Degas / 1872
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929


Provenance

with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1872-74, bought from the artist in January 1872, sold on 5 or 6 March 1874, to Faure for Degas
the artist, Edgar Degas, Paris, 1874-85, sold on 20 August 1885, to Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1885, sold on 10 November 1885, to Rouart
Rouart, Paris, 1885, sold on 31 December 1885, Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1885-87, deposited with Robertson, 24 December 1885-11 January 1886, sold on 14 February 1887, to Faure
Jean-Baptiste Faure, Paris, 1887-94, sold on 31 March 1894, to Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1894, sold on 4 October 1894, to Durand-Ruel, New York
with Durand-Ruel, New York, 1894-98, sold on 14 February 1898, to Havemeyer
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York, 1898-his death 1907
Mrs. H.O. (Louisine W.) Havemeyer, New York, 1907-died 1929
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 29.100.552

Other works by Edgar Degas


Edgar Degas Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass
Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass
c. 1882-85

Edgar Degas Portrait of Joseph-Henri Altès
Portrait of Joseph-Henri Altès
1868

Edgar Degas Two Men
Two Men
c. 1865-69

Edgar Degas The Laundresses
The Laundresses
1884-86

Edgar Degas Portrait of Edmond Duranty
Portrait of Edmond Duranty
1879