The rehearsal

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1878-1879
Height:
47.6 cm  (18 3/4 in.)
Width:
61.0 cm  (24 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
School:
Impressionism

Additional titles

École de danse

    Item location

  • Frick Collection
    [Museum inv. no.: 1914.1.34]Henry Clay Frick Bequest, 1914

Description

An old man plays the violin for four ballerinas.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996).

Paintings in The Frick Collection: French, Italian and Spanish (New York: The Frick Collection, 1968) vol. 2.

RIdIM record id

1639