Edgar Degas, The Dance Class

by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

Edgar Degas, The Dance Class,, 1874, oil on canvas, (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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Degas Dance Lesson detail with Center Dancer

Cite this page as: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, "Edgar Degas, The Dance Class," in Smarthistory, November 25, 2015, accessed September 22, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/edgar-degas-the-dance-class/.

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