Monsieur Désiré Dihau, Bassoonist at the Opera
by TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de, Oil on cardboard, 56 x 45 cm
Lautrec was a good friend of the Dihau family, who came from Lille, and often visited them in their flat where he also sometimes met Degas. D�sir�, portrayed here, was a brother of Marie Dihau and was also portrayed by Degas in his Orchestra at the Opera.