Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando

Mademoiselle La La au cirque Fernando

Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando

Edgar Degas · 1879

National Gallery

London, United Kingdom

About this painting

To capture acrobat Miss La La suspended by her teeth beneath a circus dome, Degas sketched from multiple vantage points, producing one of his most dramatically foreshortened compositions.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

117 × 78 cm (46.1 × 30.7 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

National Gallery, London

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