Curator’s note
The Dancing Class
Degas’s celebrated view of a ballet rehearsal at the Paris Opéra. He captures not stage glamour but the tedium and tired poses of practice — ballet seen, with modern eyes, as work.
Source: Arterra 큐레이션
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (19.7 x 27 cm)
- On view
- Gallery 815
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