Dancer Onstage

ca. 1877

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Gouache over graphite underdrawing on thin wove commercially coated yellow paper, laid down on board
Dimensions: Paper 6 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (17.1 x 21.3 cm); board 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm)
Collection no.: 1974.356.30
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Edgar Degas. Dancer Onstage. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Dancer Onstage — Edgar Degas. ca. 1877.

Medium: Gouache over graphite underdrawing on thin wove commercially coated yellow paper, laid down on board. Dimensions: Paper 6 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (17.1 x 21.3 cm); board 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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