Victoria Dubourg — About This Work
Edgar Degas, c. 1866
About the Work
Victoria Dubourg faces the viewer directly. Degas gives particular attention to her eyes, while the lighter description of head and shoulders keeps the gaze at the centre of the portrait.
Dubourg was herself an artist, known for flower still lifes. This drawing belongs to a group of studies for Degas's painted portrait of her, now in Toledo, and concentrates on the sitter's expression rather than a surrounding setting.
The graphite line moves between precision and suggestion. Its restraint makes the more carefully worked features especially apparent, allowing the portrait to hold a strong presence without covering the entire sheet with detail.
The Work
Artist: Edgar Degas
Title: Victoria Dubourg
Date: c. 1866
Medium: Graphite
Recorded dimensions: 21.9 × 30.9 cm (W × H)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 1951.483
Print & Presentation
Palatine presentation: 30 × 40 cm Classic Frame, portrait.
The complete artwork is reproduced at its recorded scale, subject only to negligible whole-pixel rounding, without enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion. The surrounding white presentation area accommodates the artwork within the framed presentation and is incorporated into the print rather than added as a separate mount.
Frame finishes: Black, White or Natural.
Paper & glazing: Enhanced Matte + Perspex; or Enhanced Matte + Moth-Eye.
Why Original Scale?
Most art-print shops offer the same image in a choice of Small, Medium and Large sizes. We take a different approach. For each edition, we begin with the recorded dimensions of the original work and reproduce the complete image at that scale, preserving its proportions and avoiding enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion.
Source: Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection. 1951.483.
Care: Display in a dry interior away from prolonged direct sunlight and sources of moisture.
Notes from Palatine
If you would like to stay with us, Notes from Palatine is an occasional letter about newly added works, artists and the thinking behind the collection. There is no fixed schedule; we write when there is something worth sharing.
Palatine Editions · Original Scale Editions · palatineeditions.com