Before the ballet

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1890-1892
Height:
40.0 cm  (15 3/4 in.)
Width:
88.9 cm  (35 in.)
framed: 59.7 x 109.8 x 8.2 cm
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1942.9.19]

Description

Six ballerinas; two dressing in the foreground and four at the barre in the background.

Iconclass

48C84
the ballet, ballet performance
48CC844
ballet dress - CC - female

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6103