# The Dance Lesson

- By: Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917)
- Date: c. 1879
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 38 x 88 cm (14 15/16 x 34 5/8 in.) ; framed: 59.7 x 108.3 x 5.1 cm (23 1/2 x 42 5/8 x 2 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.93045.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/fd747ab9-ce9d-41d9-b8d4-9004ec37ee82/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)