Before the Ballet

Edgar Degas

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Before the Ballet

Edgar Degas

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Artist: Edgar Degas
Date: 1890/1892
Movement: Impressionism
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: overall: 40 x 88.9 cm (15 3/4 x 35 in.); framed: 59.7 x 109.8 x 8.2 cm (23 1/2 x 43 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Location: National Gallery of Art

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Edgar Degas, Before the Ballet, 1890/1892, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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