Au Cafe, by Degas

An image of Au Café. Translated title: At the Cafe. Degas, Edgar (French, 1834-1917). Oil on canvas, height 65.7 cm, width 54.6 cm, circa 1875-1877.

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Au Café. Translated title: At the Cafe. Degas, Edgar (French, 1834-1917). Oil on canvas, height 65.7 cm, width 54.6 cm, circa 1875-1877.

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Accession Number: 2387
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 854 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 267.36kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2010:11:08 13:03:38

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19th Century cafe companion costume customers Degas dress Edgar Degas fashion female Fitz_PDP French half length hats Impressionism Impressionist interior leisure oil on canvas painting Paris Post-Impressionism Post-Impressionist recreation seated sitting sketch sketches society tables woman women

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