Aux Ambassadeurs: Mademoiselle Bécat
by DEGAS, Edgar, Pastel over lithograph, 23 x 20 cm
Since the 1830s, the opera houses, theatres and vaudeville shows had grown in number and importance in the new Paris. Artists were fascinated by famous caf�s among which the Caf� des Ambassadeurs was one of the oldest that offered musical entertainment.