Four light-skinned ballerinas with russet-orange hair tied back in buns adjust the straps of their bodices as they gather close together, their bodies and wide, knee-length tutus taking up the left half of this horizontal painting. The background or backdrop beyond them shows a grove of deep green trees to our left and a sunset view of meadows leading back to trees to our right. Three of the dancers stand in a row that extends from the lower left corner to our right and away from us. All three wear rust-orange bodices over tutus that are painted loosely with flecks of pale celery green and…
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Four Dancers

Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917)

c. 1899

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 151.1 x 180.2 cm (59 1/2 x 70 15/16 in.) ; framed: 176.9 x 207.7 cm (69 5/8 x 81 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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