Plate 14.

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TitleCellist Pilet

Creator nameDegas, Edgar

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1868–1869

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions50.5 × 61 cm

LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/le-violoncelliste-pilet-10022

Accession numberRF 2582

SubjectsPainting, French--19th centuryPortrait painting, FrenchMusicians in artImpressionism (Art)--France

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