Edgar Degas
Portrait of Joseph-Henri Altès
186825.1 x 20 cm, with added strips 27 x 21.6 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed upper left: Degas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929
Provenance
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1902-3, bought from the artist on 11 December 1902, sold on 12 February 1903 to Durand-Ruel, New York
with Durand-Ruel, New York, 1903, sold on 4 March 1903, to Havemeyer
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York, 1903-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
Other works by Edgar Degas
Semiramis Building Babylon
1861
1861
Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass
c. 1882-85
c. 1882-85
The Ballet from "Robert le Diable"
1871
1871
Two Men
c. 1865-69
c. 1865-69
The Laundresses
1884-86
1884-86