Title: The Dance Lesson
Object type: Drawing
Date: ca. 1879
Artist:  Edgar Degas 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
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
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Women, term: Dancing, term: Violins, term: Dancers, term: Ballet