Study for 'Ballet Scene'

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Artist/Maker	Degas, Hilaire-Germain Edgar (artist)
Place of origin	Paris (made)

One of four sheets [E.2686 to 3688-1919] of studies of nuns for the oil painting, "The Ballet Scene from Meyerbeer's Robert il Diavolo", in the Ionides Collection [CAI.19]. On the back of E.3695-1919 is another similar study.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Study for 'Ballet Scene' (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Brush and sepia
Brief description	Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas, Studies of nuns for the oil painting The Ballet Scene from Meyerbeer's 'Robert le Diable' [Robert the Devil] (CAI.19), brush and sepia French School
Physical description	One of four sheets [E.2686 to 3688-1919] of studies of nuns for the oil painting, "The Ballet Scene from Meyerbeer's Robert il Diavolo", in the Ionides Collection [CAI.19]. On the back of E.3695-1919 is another similar study.
Dimensions	Height: 28cm Width: 45cm
Marks and inscriptions	Degas (Signed with the artist's stamp)
Object history	One of 5 drawings bought at auction on 9th April 1919 [E.3685 to 3689-1919]. Bought at the Degas Sale by C R D Maclagan on behalf of the V&A. E.3685 and 3686-1919 were lot 363; E.3687 and 3688-1919 were lot 364; E.3689-1919 was lot 388.
Associated object	CAI.19 (Object)
Bibliographic references	Tableaux, pastels et dessins par Edgar Degas, et provenant de son atelier. 1919 April 7-9 Paris, Galerie Georges Petit Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921 p. 92 Henri Loyrette, Degas : a new vision Melbourne, Victoria : Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, 2016. 9781925432121
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3686-1919

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1028576/study-for-ballet-scene-drawing-degas-hilaire-germain/

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