The Dance Class

Provenance

Purchased in London 1876 by Henry Hill [1818-1889], Brighton; (his sale, Christie's, London, 25 May 1889, no. 28); purchased by Montaignac for (Michel Manzi [1849-1915], Paris); (Eugene Glaenzer [d. 1923], New York); sold 1903 to William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

The Dance Class

Degas, Edgar

c. 1873

Accession Number

2014.79.710

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 47.63 × 62.23 cm (18 3/4 × 24 1/2 in.) | framed: 72.39 × 87.63 × 9.53 cm (28 1/2 × 34 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)