The Infanta Margarita, after Velázquez

Edgar Degas|Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)

ca. 1861–62 · Etching and drypoint; second state of two (only known impression) · Drawings and Prints

Degas was still relatively new to the practice of etching when he undertook this work, but he would become one of his century's greatest printmakers. Both he and Manet followed the etching practices of Goya (also a copier of Velázquez), clumping together masses of brittle, parallel lines.

Artist

Edgar Degas|Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)

Date

ca. 1861–62

Medium

Etching and drypoint; second state of two (only known impression)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, R.W. Moncrief Gift, in honor of Janet Ruttenberg and A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1997