La Leçon de danse
The Dance Lesson
Edgar Degas · 1879
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
About this painting
The first of some forty works Degas painted in this stretched, frieze-like format, with the floor tipped upward to disorient the viewer's sense of space.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
38 × 88 cm (15 × 34.6 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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