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Edgar Degas
The Bellelli Sisters (Giovanna and Giuliana Bellelli)1865-1866

On view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1
Oil painting, double portrait of two young women, one facing forward in black dress and one in profile in brown dress, against a striped tan curtain

Edgar Degas, The Bellelli Sisters (Giovanna and Giuliana Bellelli), 1865-1866, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. George Gard De Sylva Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Edgar Degas
France, Paris, 1834-1917
Title
The Bellelli Sisters (Giovanna and Giuliana Bellelli)
Place Made
France
Date Made
1865-1866
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 36 1/4 × 28 1/2 in. (92.08 × 72.39 cm) Frame: 52 × 44 × 3 in. (132.08 × 111.76 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. George Gard De Sylva Collection
Accession Number
M.46.3.3
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Lemoisne, A. Degas et Son Oeuvre. Paris: Brame & de Hauke, 1946.
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.
  • Dumas, Ann. Degas e gli italiani a Parigi. Ferrara, Italy: Ferrara Arte S.p.A., 2003.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Valentiner, William Reinhold. The Mr. and Mrs. George Gard De Sylva Collection of French Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1950.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Price, Lorna. Masterpieces from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
  • Dumas, Ann. Inspiring Impressioism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past. Denver, CO: Denver Art Museum, 2007.
  • Omaggio A Capodimonte. Napoli: Electa Napoli, 2007.
  • Eiling, Alexander. Degas: Klassik und Experiment. Munich: Hirmer, 2014.
  • Muchnic, Suzanne. LACMA So Far: Portrait of a Museum in the Making. San Marino, California: Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2015.
  • Loucheim, Aline B. "Buddy de Sylva: Gift to Hollywood." ARTnews 45, no.7 (1946): 28-33, 53.
  • Loyrette, Henri. Degas: a New Vision. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 2016.
  • Alarcó, Paloma. The Impressionists and Photography. Madrid: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2019.