A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?) by Edgar Degas | saved.works

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?) by Edgar Degas

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

1865

Oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A woman in a bonnet and brown dress sits beside a large vase overflowing with colorful flowers, resting her chin on her hand. The scene is set indoors with patterned wallpaper and a window visible in the background. The artist's interest in capturing fleeting moments of everyday life is evident in this intimate portrait, rendered in oil on canvas.

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Impressionism vase flowers bonnet dress earring asymmetrical balance diagonal sweep cropped figure frontal view seated figure portrait

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