The Dance Lesson | |
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![]() The Dance Lesson by Edgar Degas | |
Artist | Edgar Degas |
Year | 1879 |
Medium | oil-on-canvas painting |
Dimensions | 33 cm × 88 cm (13 in × 35 in) |
Location | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
The Dance Lesson (sometimes known as The Dancing Lesson) is an oil on canvas painting by the French artist Edgar Degas created around 1879. It is currently kept at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. There is at least one other work by Degas by this title, also made in about 1879, which is a pastel.[1]