The Infanta Margarita, after Velázquez

Edgar Degas French
 After Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) Spanish

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Degas was still relatively new to the practice of etching when he undertook this work, but he would become one of his century's greatest printmakers. Both he and Manet followed the etching practices of Goya (also a copier of Velázquez), clumping together masses of brittle, parallel lines.

The Infanta Margarita, after Velázquez, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Etching and drypoint; second state of two (only known impression)

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The Infanta Margarita, after Velázquez, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Etching and drypoint; second state of two (only known impression)
The Infanta Margarita, after Velázquez, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Etching and drypoint; second state of two (only known impression)

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