Copy painting on canvas of the artwork
Madame René De Gas (Degas)

This portrait depicts Estelle Musson, the artist’s cousin and sister-in-law, wife of his brother René. She is seated, lost in thought, on a sofa or bed. The color palette is soft and subtle, dominated by the pink of the wall and the blue-grays of her dress and the linens. Degas captures his model in a moment of introspection and tranquility. The work is imbued with a certain melancholy, perhaps due to the fact that Estelle was nearly blind at the time this portrait was painted, which could explain her vacant gaze.