The Dance Lesson
Object type: Drawing
Department: European Paintings
Artist: Edgar Degas
Artist bio: French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
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)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Adaline Havemeyer Perkins, in memory of her father, Horace Havemeyer, 1971
Accession year: 1971
Tags: Men|Women|Dancing|Violins|Dancers|Ballet