Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth by Edgar Degas — Edgar Degas. Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth, ca. 1875. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth

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Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date: ca. 1875
Medium: Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine on canvas
Dimensions: 16 1/4 × 13 1/8 in. (41.3 × 33.4 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Gift of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust, 2018
Accession no.: 2018.289.2

Provenance

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