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Two Men

ca. 1865–69
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 815
Degas often depicted individuals off-guard in their own environment in order to reveal characteristic gestures and poses that convey a sense of the sitter's personality or identity. The setting of this informal scene may be an artist's studio. The man on the right may be the painter Emile Lévy, who was a student at the French Academy in Rome when Degas met him in the late 1850s. No name has been proposed for the man on the left.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Two Men
  • Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1865–69
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (27 x 20.6 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Yvonne Lamon, 1992
  • Object Number: 1992.380
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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