oil paint
Masked Ball at the Opera
Édouard Manet
A lively and sophisticated social scene captured with Edouard Manet’s signature painterly elegance and 19th-century Parisian flair.
Man with an Opera Hat
Edgar Degas
1850 · Paper, Pastel
A characterful pastel portrait by Edgar Degas capturing a gentleman in a classic opera hat.
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Where it works
A measured, grounding piece with softened warm notes — holds a composed wall with restraint.
- Often works in
- Library · Study · Office
- Placement
- Reads naturally where the wall has more height than width
- Walls
- Reads strongest when the wall gives it contrast
- Color notes
- Charcoal black, Olive green, Soft sage
About the piece
This expressive pastel by Edgar Degas showcases the artist's keen eye for character and urban life. The subject, a gentleman with a full beard and a high top hat (gibus), is rendered with confident, textured strokes typical of Degas’s early work, set against a surprisingly modern, striped background.
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