translate English to French: In 1870, only one year after "Madame Camus at the Piano", Degas paints his acqaintance again, now with a Japanese paper fan in her hand, silhouetted against a wall illuminated by a lamp which is out of the picture - here is the ultra conservative Degas, who had worshiped Ingres, and now has become a revolutionary against his will under Japanese influence. In this context must be seen the painting of Count Ludovic Lepic with his two small daughters, probably done just after the Franco-Prussian War.
En 1870, un an seulement apr�s "Madame Camus au piano", il peint son amie encore une fois, un �ventail japonais de papier � la main, profil�e devant une paroi �clair�e par une lumi�re invisible pour le spectateur - voici que l�ultra conservateur Degas, qui avait v�n�r� Ingres, se montre r�volutionnaire malgr� lui sous l�influence du Japon.