# Before the Ballet

- By: Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917)
- Date: 1890/1892
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- 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.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Widener Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1158.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/45f18edb-fa34-4907-8d14-3e14098d304c/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)