Degas, The Bellelli Family

Edgar Degas, _The Bellelli Family_ , 1858-67, oil on canvas, 78-3/4 x 98-1/2 inches, 200 x 250 cm (Musee d'Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Degas was in his mid-twenties when he painted this canvas. It depicts from left to right, the ten-year-old Giovanna, her mother, the artist's paternal aunt Laura, her younger daughter, Giula age 7, and the Baron Gennaro Bellelli

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