Henri Degas and His Niece Lucie Degas (The Artist's Uncle and Cousin)

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas, 1875–76

Perhaps the most subtle portrait painter in the Impressionist group, Edgar Degas painted this double portrait in the mid-1970s. It shows his orphaned first cousin, Lucie, and their uncle Henri, in whose care the girl had recently been placed—two people who are tentatively accepting the circumstances of their new relationship. Having recently lost his own father, Degas addressed his subjects with awareness and sensitivity.

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