The Dance Lesson by Edgar Degas — Edgar Degas. The Dance Lesson, ca. 1879. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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The Dance Lesson

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Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date: ca. 1879
Medium: Pastel and black chalk on three pieces of wove paper, joined together
Dimensions: 25 3/8 x 22 1/8 in. (64.5 x 56.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Adaline Havemeyer Perkins, in memory of her father, Horace Havemeyer, 1971
Accession no.: 1971.185

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