©Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres
Study for the Opera Robert le Diable de Meyerbeer
[Etude pour l'opéra Robert le Diable de Meyeerbeer]
- Museum
- Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres - Royaume-Uni
- Inv. E. 3685-1919
The Artwork
- Dimensions
- 36.6 × 28.1 cm - 14 7/16 × 11 1/16 in.
- Period
- Circa 1872
- Medium
- Sépia d'encre au pinceau
- Support
- Papier crème
- Stamp
- Vente Degas (en bas à gauche)
Additional information
History
Atelier Degas - Vente Degas, 1919, III, n° 363.1 (repr.) - Victoria and Albert Museum, 1919.
One of four sheets [E.2686 to 3688-1919] of studies of nuns for the oil painting, "The Ballet Scene from Meyerbeer's Robert il Diavolo", in the Ionides Collection [CAI.19]. On the back of E.3695-1919 is another similar study.
Exhibitions
Paris, Washington, 2019-2020, Degas à l'Opéra, fig. 115 a, repr. p. 128.
Bibliography
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, Londres, Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921 - Jarbouai, Cat. exp. Paris, Washington, 2019-2020, Degas à l'Opéra, fig. 115 a, repr. p. 128.
Last updated : 16/02/2026