# Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Boy

- By: Thomas Eakins (American, 1844 - 1916)
- Date: probably 1877
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 53.3 x 23.2 cm (21 x 9 1/8 in.) ; framed: 61.6 x 31 x 3.2 cm (24 1/4 x 12 3/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.66413.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/fe3e5fc8-c028-4099-aacf-c96e806715c6/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)