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Study for the Opera Robert le Diable de Meyerbeer

[Etude pour l'opéra Robert le Diable de Meyerbeer]

MS : 3702
Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres - Royaume-Uni
Inv. E. 3687-1919

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 brun
Stamp
Vente Degas (en bas à droite)

Additional information

History

Atelier Degas - Vente Degas, 1919, III, n° 364.1 (repr.) Knoedler, Paris - 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

Saint-Louis, Philadelphie, Minneapolis, 1967, Drawings by Degas, n° 67, repr. p. 105 - Tübingen, Berlin, 1984, Degas. Pastelle, Ölskizzen, Zeichnungen, cat. 85 (repr.) -  Paris, Ottawa, New York, 1988-1989, Degas, n° 104, repr. p. 173 - Detroit, Philadelphie, 2002-2003, Degas et la danse, n° 55, repr. p. 56 - Londres, Royal Academy of Arts, 2011, Degas and the Ballet. Picturing Movement, n° 17, repr. p. 53 - Melbourne, Houston, 2016-2017, Degas : A New Vision, (n.n.),  repr. p. 91 - Paris, Washington, 2019-2020, Degas à l'Opéra, fig.115 b, repr. p. 128.

Bibliography

Victoria and Albert Museum,  Department of Engravings, Illustration & Design and Department of Paintings. Accession 1919 - Mayne, "Degas's Ballet Scene from Robert le Diable", Victoria & Albert Museum Bulletin, 1966, p. 148 - Boggs, Cat. exp. Saint-Louis, Philadelphie, Minneapolis, 1967, Drawings by Degas, n° 67, repr. p. 105 - DeVonyar, Kendall, Cat. exp. Londres, Royal Academy of Arts, 2011, Degas and the Ballet. Picturing Movement, n° 17, repr. p. 53 - Loyrette, Cat. exp. Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, 2016, Degas : A New Vision, (n.n.), repr. p. 91 - Jarbouai, Cat. exp. Paris, Washington, 2019-2020, Degas à l'Opéra, fig.115 b, repr. p. 128.

Last updated : 16/02/2026