Henri Degas and His Niece Lucie Degas (The Artist's Uncle and Cousin)

Museum record 14574: Henri Degas and His Niece Lucie Degas (The Artist's Uncle and Cousin) by Edgar Degas. A verified entry point for discovery.

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Edgar Degas seldom accepted commissions. His portrait subjects were usually close friends and family members—especially those from the Italian side of his family in Florence and Naples, where he frequently visited. He most likely painted this double portrait in 1875 during a four-month stay in Naples. It depicts his orphaned first cousin, Lucie, and their uncle Henri, in whose care the girl had recently been placed. In this painting, Degas showed two people, separated by many years in age, tentatively acc…