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Source Description
This vivid scene of a performance by the famed chanteuse Emilie Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs captures the spectacle and excitement of the outdoor café-concert in late 19th-century Paris. Here, the spotlighted singer performs her frenzied, comic dance, with arms raised and fingers splayed, in her trademark style épileptique.
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Document identity
localId
165259
label
Mlle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs
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obj
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print
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1
Source metadata
id
165259
contentType
print
title
Mlle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs
description
This vivid scene of a performance by the famed chanteuse Emilie Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs captures the spectacle and excitement of the outdoor café-concert in late 19th-century Paris. Here, the spotlighted singer performs her frenzied, comic dance, with arms raised and fingers splayed, in her trademark style épileptique.
date
1877–78
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79993969
creators
1759
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Print
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Image: 20.8 x 19.5 cm (8 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.); Sheet: 34.3 x 27.1 cm (13 1/2 x 10 11/16 in.)
cul
France, 19th century
accession
2007.194
Source extras
tec
lithograph
tombstone
Mlle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, 1877–78. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Lithograph; image: 20.8 x 19.5 cm (8 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.); sheet: 34.3 x 27.1 cm (13 1/2 x 10 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2007.194
supportMaterials
description
machine made wove paper
collection
PR - Lithograph
didYouKnow
This print is one of several works Degas made depicting Mademoiselle Bécat based on his fascination with the culture of Parisian café-concerts.
catalogueRaisonne
Delteil 49; Adhémar 42, Reed and Shapiro 31
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 08:33:41.425000
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165259
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PR - Lithograph
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lithograph
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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