Head of a Woman
about 1873, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
Presented by A.E. Anderson through The Art Fund, 1924. On loan from the Tate Gallery., © 2000 Tate
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Degas produced a large number of portraits, mainly before 1875, around three-quarters of which are of women. The woman in this painting has not been identified, and was probably one of the artist's models.
The canvas may have been part of a larger canvas which was cut down.
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