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The one who looked around most avidly was the Marquis Cavalcanti
(Celui qui tournait le plus, c'était le marquis de Cavalcanti)
(c. 1880-1883)
Medium
monotype
Measurements
21.3 × 16.0 cm (plate) 27.3 × 19.6 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1974
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
This monotype is part of a series created by Edgar Degas as illustrations for Ludovic Halévy’s 1883 La Famille Cardinal, a collection of stories that centre on the antics of Mr and Mrs Cardinal and their two daughters, both of whom are dancers at the Opéra de Paris. Rather than providing a strictly literal illustration of the stories, Degas primarily depicted scenes of theatre life in general. Perhaps for this reason, his monotypes were rejected by Halévy and were not used with the text until a posthumous edition was published in 1938. In this monotype, Mrs Cardinal chastises her daughter for spending time at the opera in the unchaperoned company of the Marquis Cavalcanti, whom Mrs Cardinal also reproaches for encouraging such behaviour.
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Janis 222
Inscription
stamped in blue ink l.r.: degas (estate stamp) 658
stamped l.l.: (six petalled rosettte)
stamped l.r.: 40/DE (reversed)
Accession Number
P2-1974
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
men (male humans) socialising women (female humans)