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Edgar Degas

Conversation: Ludovic Halévy and Madame Cardinal (The Conversation) for "La Famille Cardinal" by Ludovic Halévy

c. 1880–83
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Ludovic Halévy once co-authored a play, La Cigale , in which one of the characters was clearly based on Edgar Degas.

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