Edgar Degas - Portrait of Madame Edmondo Morbilli 1865

Portrait of Madame Edmondo Morbilli 1865
Portrait of Madame Edmondo Morbilli
1865 oil/canvas
Private Collection

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In 1863 Degas’s sister Thérèse married her first cousin Edmondo Morbilli, who lived in Naples. This majestic portrait was probably painted in 1865 during the couple’s visit to Paris.