# Self-Portrait

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294/self-portrait-r71094419db0a3f>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [DEGAS, Edgar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/degas-edgar-r23677dd168a294>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on paper, 81 x 65 cm

## Commentary

Degas, as a young man, was very ambitious in some of his early works, tackling both portraiture and even historical painting. His self-portrait shows the 21-year-old painter as a reserved and even aloof observer. An overall sense of restraint permeates the painting.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)