Three Mounted Jockeys

artist Edgar Degas (Paris, 1834 - 1917, Paris)

Dateabout 1885-1888

Place MadeFrance, Europe

MediumBlack ink, white, flesh and rose washes, oil pigments on brown paper

Dimensions30.5 x 24 cm (12 x 9 7/16 in.)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number3.1.o.93

eMuseum ID720760

Original Number3.1.o.23

Previous NumberP17e133

EmbARK ObjectID10749

TMS Source ID21

Last Updated8/9/24

DescriptionStolen in 1990.

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

BibliographyNotesGalerie Georges Petit. Catalogue des Tableaux, Pastels et Dessins par Edgar Degas et provenant de son atelier,... (Paris, 2-4 July 1919), p. 194, lot 229a.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 125.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 131.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 43.

MarksNotesInscribed in pencil: P H 1944
Stamped in red ink (lower left): Degas

ProvenanceNotesEstate of the artist.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at auction from Galerie Georges Petit, Paris on 2-4 July 1919 for 2,800 francs for two drawings (with 2.4.o.90) through her agent Fernand Robert (Fourth sale, Atelier Edgar Degas, lot 229a).
Stolen in 1990.