Painted in 1875 during the transformation of Haussmann’s Paris, Place de la Concorde represents Edgar Degas at his most radical and innovative. Rather than staging a formal outdoor portrait, Degas applied the aesthetics of emerging street photography and Japanese prints to capture a candid moment in modern urban life. Viscount Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic, cigar in mouth and umbrella tucked under arm, gazes to the right while his daughters, Eylau and Jeanine, look in opposing directions, creating a fascinating sense of movement and psychological detachment. The expansive, open pavement of the Place de la Concorde stretches behind them toward the Tuileries Gardens wall. Housed in the Hermitage Museum, this work stands as a monumental milestone in modern art history for its daring off-center composition.
Studio Craftsmanship & Quality Highlights
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100% Hand-Painted Execution: Meticulously hand-crafted layer by layer by senior specialist Impressionist artists, faithfully recreating Degas’s loose brushwork, subtle grey-stone glazes, and sharp linear figure draftsmanship.
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Archival-Grade Materials: Rendered on heavy-weight, high-density pure linen canvas using premium oil pigments to ensure lifetime color permanence, maximum UV resistance, and museum-grade structural stability.
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Modern Composition & Spatial Fidelity: Accurately renders the bold cropping of the solitary figure on the left, the expansive grey-gold cobblestone perspective, and the delicate details of the Viscount’s top hat and greyhound.
Recommended Space Placement
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Residential: Formal living rooms, executive libraries, spacious entry foyers, double-height stairwell galleries, or private reading studies.
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Commercial: Executive boardroom suites, architectural design firms, luxury boutique hotel lobbies, and impressionist art galleries.
5. Product Specifications
| Feature | Details |
| Title | Place de la Concorde (Vicomte Lepic and His Daughters) |
| Original Artist | Edgar Degas |
| Original Execution Date | $1875$ (Mid-Impressionist / Parisian Modern Life Era) |
| Art Style & Genre | French Impressionism (Urban Portrait / Cityscape Genre Painting) |
| Production Method | $100\%$ Hand-Painted Oil on Canvas |
| Medium | Artist-Grade Oil Paint on Pure Linen Canvas |
| Original Dimensions | $78.4 \times 117.5\text{ cm}$ ($\approx 30.9 \times 46.3\text{ in.}$) |
| Custom Size Options | Available in original proportions or custom-scaled dimensions |
| Location of Original | Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Shipping Format | Rolled in Heavy-Duty Protective Tube (Stretched/Framed options available) |
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