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Self-Portrait with Evariste de Valernes by Degas
A c. 1865 oil on canvas, Self-Portrait with Evariste de Valernes, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. The artist painted several double-portraits (here he is the figure on the right), typically with each person having a contrasting attitude to the other. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
Bibliography
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- Thomson, Belinda. Impressionism. Thames & Hudson, 2022.