Dance in Art

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

Edgar Degas

Medium:

Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas

Collection:

European Paintings

Source:

met

Rights:

CC0 (Public Domain)

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, by Edgar Degas, is a public-domain oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.