Estelle Balfour appears close to the picture plane, her lowered gaze and softly modelled face set against a screen of bare trees. Degas suppresses costume and setting, concentrating the portrait on inward attention and uncertain light. Sources: https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.179; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar%20Degas%20-%20Portrait%20of%20Estelle%20Balfour%20-%20Walters%2037179.jpg (Public domain image).

Exhibition Venue

Walters Art Museum

Baltimore, United States