Where to See Mme. Theodore Gobillard: State Hermitage Museum

Edgar Degas portrayed Yves Gobillard, sister of the painter Berthe Morisot, in this elegant portrait. The sitter appears in fashionable black dress against a muted background, her refined features captured with Degas's characteristic psychological penetration. The restrained composition focuses entirely on the figure.

Degas maintained connections to the Morisot family and painted several of its members. This Impressionist portrait demonstrates his skill at capturing bourgeois refinement. Now at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

This painting is at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Hermitage has one of the world's greatest collections, including excellent French Impressionist holdings.

Yves Gobillard was the sister of Berthe Morisot, the celebrated Impressionist painter. Degas knew the family well and painted several portraits of its members in the 1860s-70s.

Yes, Degas excelled at psychological portraiture, capturing his sitters with penetrating observation. His portraits revealed personality through gesture and expression rather than flattery.

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