The Collector of Prints

Edgar Degas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a man in a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, wearing a black hat, sitting on a green chair. He holds a piece of paper in his right hand, with his left hand resting on his lap. The man has a reddish-brown beard and mustache. He sits in front of a table covered with books and papers. A framed collage of papers hangs on the wall behind him. To the left of the man is a wooden cabinet with glass doors, containing an object resembling a white horse. The background wall is yellow on the left and light brown on the right.