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c. 1879 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Dance Lesson

Edgar DegasWikidata

painting by Edgar Degas

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Date
c. 1879Wikidata
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: ca. 1879
Medium
Pastel and black chalk on three pieces of wove paper, joined togetherThe Met
Wikidata: Pastel on paper
Dimensions
64.5 × 56.2 cmThe Met
Wikidata: 64.5 × 56.2 cm
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, ManhattanWikidata
Gallery
816The Met
Materials
pastel, paperWikidata
Inventory no.
1971.185Wikidata
Credit line
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Adaline Havemeyer Perkins, in memory of her father, Horace Havemeyer, 1971The Met
Exhibitions
  • 4th impressionist exhibition
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Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1971 –
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    high confidenceWikidata · collection
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