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The sitter in this portrait was Degas's first cousin, who lived with her sister Camilla and their mother Stefanina, Duchess Montejasi-Cicerale, in Naples.
Degas visited Naples in 1875 for the funeral of his uncle, and perhaps painted this portrait at that time, when Elena would have been about eighteen years old.
Degas visited Naples in 1875 for the funeral of his uncle, and perhaps painted this portrait at that time, when Elena would have been about eighteen years old.
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