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Edgar Degas

The Artist's Cousin, Probably Mrs. William Bell (Mathilde Musson, 1841–1878)

1873
Pastel on green wove paper, now darkened to brown
47.3 × 38.4 cm (18.6 × 15.1 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 817

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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