The Jet Earring

1876–77

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Monotype printed in black ink on white wove paper
Dimensions: Plate: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.2 x 7 cm) Sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 3/16 in. (18 x 13.2 cm)
Collection no.: 59.651
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Edgar Degas. The Jet Earring. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Jet Earring — Edgar Degas. 1876–77.

Medium: Monotype printed in black ink on white wove paper. Dimensions: Plate: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.2 x 7 cm) Sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 3/16 in. (18 x 13.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Francis Henry Taylor, 1959.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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