This is unique footage of the great Post Impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917) as an old man walking in a Paris street early in the Twentieth Century.
This footage was uploaded by Nick Wallace Smith on Mar 22, 2011. Nick remarks, "I'm amazed the film was shot - he seems to have been almost ambushed."
At this time, Degas was suffering from eyesight problems and as often the case, he was wary of being photographed.
The music is by the composer Eric Satie....one of my favorites.
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