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Violinist and Young Woman
Edgar Degas French
Not on view
Degas certainly saw Manet’s Music Lesson, on view nearby, when it was exhibited at the Salon of 1870. Shortly thereafter, he produced his own variation on the subject. In Degas’s brighter daylit scene, the musicians appear interrupted—the woman holding the songbook looks perturbed, while the violinist is absorbed in tuning his instrument—in comparison with the more stable and expectant figures in Manet’s work. Although Degas’s sitters are anonymous, it is possible that his sister Marguerite posed for the singer.
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