The Bellelli Family, also known as Family Portrait, is an oil painting on canvas by Edgar Degas

The Bellelli Family, also known as Family Portrait, is an oil painting on canvas by Edgar Degas (1834–1917), painted ca. 1858–1867, and housed in the Musée d’Orsay. A masterwork of Degas youth, the painting is a portrait of his aunt, her husband, and their two young daughters. While finishing his artistic training in Italy, Degas drew and painted his aunt Laura, her husband the baron Gennaro Bellelli (1812–1864), and their daughters Giulia and Giovanna.

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Studies for the portrait:

Study of Giovananni Bellilli
Edgar Degas Hand study of Laura Bellelli
Oil sketch of Guillia Bellelli
Study of Guillia Bellilli