Ballet dancer

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
late 19th century
Height:
41.3 cm  (16 1/4 in.)
Width:
32.9 cm  (12 15/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas laid down to aluminum panel

Additional titles

Ballet dancer in the wings / The span
Danseuse: jupe rouge

Description

This painting depicts, in the foreground, a female dancer in a colorful ballet costume, standing offstage behind a piece of scenery; in the background is another female dancer, in a white costume, standing behind a different piece of scenery; full scene faces toward the footlights (audience not defined).

Iconclass

48C842
ballet group; dancers on the stage
48CC844
ballet dress - CC - female
48C813
set, scenery ~ stage
48C8132
lights ~ stage

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Previously attributed to unidentified artist. Signed: l.r.: Degas [museum website]

RIdIM record id

5789