# Picking Apples (Memorial, or Family Idyll)

- By: Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917)
- Date: c. 1881/possibly 1890s
- Medium: pigmented beeswax, cork, wire, on wooden board
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: overall without base: 49.5 x 48.8 x 6.7 cm (19 1/2 x 19 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.66443.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/beb11e23-ea66-4389-9e59-4d37384ad0de/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)