Rembrandt and Degas Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Rembrandt and Degas Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum, New York

Although it is well known that Edgar Degas was inspired by Rembrandt, whose etchings he saw when he was in Rome as a young artist studying the Old Masters, this exhibition is the first to explore the phenomenon. On view will be a series of self-portraits of the two artists when they were both starting out on their illustrious careers.

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