The Dance Lesson

The Dance Lesson
The Dance Lesson by Edgar Degas
The Dance Lesson by Edgar Degas
ArtistEdgar Degas
Year1879
Mediumoil-on-canvas painting
Dimensions33 cm × 88 cm (13 in × 35 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The Dance Lesson (sometimes known as The Dancing Lesson) is an oil on canvas painting by the French artist Edgar Degas created around 1879. It is currently kept at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. There is at least one other work by Degas by this title, also made in about 1879, which is a pastel.[1]

  1. ^ "The Dance Lesson (pastel)". The Metropolitan Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2012.