The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

Edgar Degas

Date

ca. 1874

Type

Drawing

Medium

Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

29.160.26

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929