Edgar Degas

The Old Italian Woman



Edgar Degas - The Old Italian Woman



Edgar Degas
The Old Italian Woman
1857
74.9 x 61 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed, dated, and inscribed upper left: Degas / Rome / 57
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Charles Goldman, 1966


Literature

Bernhard Echte, Walter Feilchenfeldt, Kunstsalon Bruno & Paul Cassirer, 2011, p. 67


Provenance

the artist, Paris, until 1898
with Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York, 1898-at least 1954, bought from the artist on 24 May 1898
with Sam Salz, New York, until 1956, sold to Goldman
Charles Goldman, New York, 1956-died 1966
life interest to his widow, Mathilda Schwartz Goldman, 1966-died 2001
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Charles Goldman, 1966


External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 66.65.2

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