
Dressed Ballet Dancer, 1880/1881 by Edgar Degas, National Gallery, Washington.
Degas spent a great deal of time observing the world of the ballet. This statue represents the young girls in training, known as the “rats.”

Dressed Ballet Dancer, 1880/1881 by Edgar Degas, National Gallery, Washington.
Degas spent a great deal of time observing the world of the ballet. This statue represents the young girls in training, known as the “rats.”