Head of a Woman
about 1874, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
Presented by Viscount D’Abernon and Lord Duveen, 1919. On loan from the Tate Gallery since 1997, © 2000 Tate
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The woman has not been identified, but was probably one of Degas's models. The three-quarters view is typical of the artist's early work in which heads and bust-length portraits predominate.
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