Dance in Art

Portrait after a Costume Ball (Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin)

Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

Medium:

Distemper, metallic paint, and pastel, on canvas

Collection:

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Source:

aic

Rights:

CC0 (Public Domain)

Portrait after a Costume Ball (Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin), by Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917), is a public-domain distemper, metallic paint, and pastel, on canvas in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.