Shown from the knees up, a young man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a black uniform and cap, leans against the back of a chair in this vertical portrait painting. He looks at us with pale blue eyes under sloping brows. He has an oval face, a rounded nose, and the corners of his closed mouth turn slightly down. His cap has a narrow, rounded, shiny black brim, a gold band around the crown, and a gold embellishment at the front center. The white collar of his shirt is visible along the neckline of his vest, which fastens with two lines of gold-colored buttons. His black jacket, also lined with…
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Achille De Gas in the Uniform of a Cadet

Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917)

1856/1857

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 64.5 x 46.2 cm (25 3/8 x 18 3/16 in.) ; framed: 93.3 x 82.5 cm (36 3/4 x 32 1/2 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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