Painting and Sculpture

Ballerina Posing for a Photographer

Ballerina Posing for a Photographer is an oil on canvas painting executed in 1875 by the French artist Edgar Degas. It depicts a young ballet dancer posing in front of a standing mirror; in the background, through a large window, is seen an elevated view of the walls of the houses opposite and the snow-covered rooftops of Paris. It is held in the Pushkin Museum, in Moscow.

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See also

• ▸Gouda triptych of the Life of Mary
• ▸Horvat 'Ethri
• ▸Antanas Žmuidzinavičius

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