Painting reproduction on canvas of the artwork
Young Woman with Ibis (Degas)

This work, “Young Woman with Ibis”, is an atypical and fascinating painting in Degas’s production. It shows a Symbolist and Orientalist influence. A woman dressed in a large blue drape is surrounded by two bright red ibises. Her gaze is distant, her expression dreamy and melancholic. In the background, an urban landscape with the appearance of an Eastern city is silhouetted against a twilight sky. The composition is strange and poetic, far from the realism of the artist’s usual scenes of modern life. It is a rare foray into an imaginary world, which shows a lesser-known but equally captivating facet of his talent.