Edgar Degas, 1880 - Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting - fine art print

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The upper left corner of this painting bears a dedication by Degas "to his dear friends." The double portrait depicts Paul Lafond (left), future curator of the art museum at Pau, in southwestern France, and Alphonse Cherfils (right), an art collector and defender of the Impressionists. Through the influence of these friends, Degas's works were selected for the annual exhibitions of the Société des Amis des Arts (Society of Friends of the Arts), and his painting, A Cotton Office (1873), was the first by the artist to be purchased by a museum. Since the painting held by the two men is probably by Degas, this intimate image commemorates both personal and business relationships.

In 1880 the male painter Edgar Degas made this painting titled Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting. The beyond 140 year-old original version was painted with the following exact size: Framed: 42,5 x 50 x 6 cm (16 3/4 x 19 11/16 x 2 3/8 in); Unframed: 27 x 34 cm (10 5/8 x 13 3/8 in). Oil on wood panel was applied by the European artist as the medium of the masterpiece. Signed in upper left: Degas / a [sic] ses chers amis is the artwork's original inscription. Today, this piece of art belongs to the collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, which is one of the leading museums worldwide that builds, preserves, studies, and shares its outstanding collections of art from all periods and parts of the world, generating new scholarship and understanding, while serving as a social and intellectual hub for its community. This masterpiece, which is part of the public domain is provided with courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Also, the work of art has the following creditline: Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. What is more, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format and has a ratio of 4 : 3, which means that the length is 33% longer than the width. The photographer, poet, engraver, painter, sculptor Edgar Degas was an artist from France, whose style can mainly be attributed to Impressionism. The Impressionist artist was born in the year 1834 and deceased at the age of 83 in the year 1917.

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