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Study of a child's head in plaster after Lucas della Robbia
[Etude de tête d’enfant en plâtre d’après Lucas della Robbia]
MS : 35
- Location
- Private Collection
The Artwork
- Dimensions
- 26 × 22 cm - 10 1/4 × 8 11/16 in.
- Period
- Circa 1856
- Medium
- Huile
- Support
- Papier rose
- Annotation
- Inscrit au verso : à mes amis/Charrière/En souvenir affectueux/de mon oncle/Edgar Degas/22 août 1924/M. de Gas
Additional information
History
Atelier Degas - M. de Gas, Paris – Charrière, Paris – Collection particulière.
Exhibitions
New York, Brady & Co., 1997, Master Drawings, n° 29 (repr.) - New York, Brady & Co., 1998, Master Drawings, n° 29 (repr.).
Last updated : 05/07/2026
Analyses and Supplements
Note: Compare with Study after a Head of a Singer by Della Robbia (Paris, Musée d'Orsay), Copy after Della Robbia's “Cantoria” (Brame, Reff, 1984, n° 2 and the Head of a Singing Child (Lemoisne, 1946-1949, II, n° 24) and our digital catalogue ref. MS-1856.