メトロポリタン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (メトロポリタン美術館Instagram)「"It is all well and good to copy what one sees, but it is much better to draw only what remains in one's memory. This is a transformation in which imagination and memory collaborate." —Edgar Degas, born #OnThisDay in 1834 This juxtaposition of a prominent, bursting bouquet and the off-center figure, gazing off to the right, exemplifies Degas’ aim of capturing individuals in seemingly casual, slice-of-life views. The sitter is probably the wife of the artist’s childhood friend Paul Valpinçon; Degas immensely enjoyed outings to their country house, Ménil-Hubert, and the dahlias, asters, and gaillardias in the bouquet would suggest a late summer visit. 🌸 🎨 #EdgarDegas (French, 1834–1917). A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers, 1865. Oil on canvas. @meteuropeanpaintings #MetAnywhere [Image descriptions: An overflowing bouquet of red, orange, yellow, pink, white, and blue flowers sits on a table next to a pitcher of water in a green wallpapered room. To the right of the bouquet, a well-dressed woman sits with her arm resting on the table and her hand on her chin, staring off at something out of the frame. The following images are close-ups of the aforementioned bouquet and woman, both rendered with energetic brushstrokes.]」7月19日 21時06分