ID: 700006230 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006230	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Self-portrait (painting (visual work); Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917) (French Artist); 1857 - 1858; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 95.GG.43)

Note: Degas made this self-portrait around 1857-58 during his youthful sojourn in Italy, when he was aged 23-24. He stayed mostly in Rome in 1857, and in August 1858 moved in with his relatives, the Bellellis, in Florence. The period was one of self-education, and he drew prolifically, writing in one of his notebooks, "I must thoroughly realize I know nothing at all; it is the only way to get ahead." In the proposed self-portrait, he wears casual clothes, including an open collar and broad brimmed hat. The unpretentiousness of the clothing is echoed by the informal, cropeed view of his face and by the artist's impassive expression. The far side of his face is illuminated by warm sunlight and is precisely modeled. By contrast, the near side is veiled by shadow, such that the beard and ear are adumbrated by flat areas of paint. This shadowing of the face may have been arrived at during the later evolution of the image, as suggested by the x-ray radiograph, which indicates that the entire face was originally strongly illuminated.

Titles:

Self-portrait (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Degas with fedora (Degas au chapeau mou) (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1857 - 1858

Creator Display:

Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

draftsman Degas, Edgar (French painter and sculptor, 1834-1917) [500115194]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 95.GG.43

Display Materials: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 21 x 16.2 cm (8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.) Panel: 57.2 x 50.8 cm (22 1/2 x 20 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	portrait [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	Degas, Edgar (French painter and sculptor, 1834-1917) [500115194]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Self-portrait	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Degas with fedora (Degas au chapeau mou)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)