©Victoria & Albert Museum, Londres
Study for the Opera Robert le Diable de Meyerbeer
[Etude pour l'opéra Robert le Diable de Meyerbeer]
- Museum
- Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres - Royaume-Uni
- Inv. E. 3687-1919
The Artwork
- Dimensions
- 28 × 45 cm - 11 × 17 11/16 in.
- Period
- Circa 1872
- Medium
- Sépia d'encre au pinceau
- Support
- Papier jaune
- Stamp
- Vente Degas (en bas à gauche)
Additional information
History
Atelier Degas - Vente Degas, 1919, III, n° 364.2 (repr.) - Knoedler, Paris - Victoria and Albert Museum, 1919 [C R D Maclagan].
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
Saint-Louis, Philadelphie, Minneapolis, 1967, Drawings by Degas, n° 63, repr. p. 105 - Paris, Ottawa, New York, 1988-1989, Degas, n° 105, repr. p. 173 - Nottingham, University Art Gallery, 1969, Degas. Pastels and Drawings, n° 15 - Detroit, Philadelphie, 2002-2003, Degas et la danse, n° 57, repr. p. 56 - Melbourne, Houston, 2016-2017, Degas : A New Vision, (n.n.), repr. p. 92.
Bibliography
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engravings, Illustration & Design and Department of Paintings. Accession 1919 - Boggs, [1949], Degas Dancers, pp. 336-337, pl. 6 - Boggs, Cat. exp. Saint-Louis, Philadelphie, Minneapolis, 1967, Drawings by Degas, n° 63, repr. p. 105 - Loyrette, Cat. exp. Melbourne, Houston, 2016-2017, Degas : A New Vision, (n.n.), repr. p. 92.
Last updated : 16/02/2026
