Edgar Degas
Roman Landscape (probably facing Monte Lepini, beyond the town of Velletri)

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Artist Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)French, 1834–1917

CultureFrench

Titles

Roman Landscape (probably facing Monte Lepini, beyond the town of Velletri)

Date1857

PlaceFrance

MediumGraphite heightened with white on pink wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 10 7/8 × 17 3/8 in. (27.7 × 44.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object number93.208

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceAtelier Edgar Degas [Lugt 657], until at least 1917; collection of James Lord; [Slatkin Gallery], as of 1958; Curtis O. Baer (1898-1976) [Lugt 3366], New York, at least by 1976; by descent, The Baer Family, specifically his son, Dr. George Baer (1936-2000), 1976-1993; [Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York], as of 1993; to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 1993.
Exhibition History"Renoir, Degas, A Loan Exhitibion of Drawings, Pastels, and Sculptures," The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, May 31–August 24, 1986; The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 28–October 6, 1985; The Indianapolis Museum of Art, January 14, 1985–March 2, 1986; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, March 27–May 11, 1986; Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, September 17–November 29, 1986; Frederick Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, November 30, 1986–January 11, 1987.

"Degas Landscapes," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, January 21–April 3, 1994; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 24–July 3, 1994.

"The Allure of Nature: 19th-century Landscape Drawings from MFAH Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 12–June 30, 2010.

"Degas: A New Vision," National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, June 24–September 18, 2016; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 14, 2016–January 8, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: 15 février 57
Mount: Inscribed in graphite, lower left corner: HMA 79
Mount: Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: NO. 99

Verso: Stamp in red ink, lower right corner: ATELIER ED. DEGAS

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