The Curtain

Edgar Degas, c. 1880

At least three men in black suits, one wearing a top hat, and a ballerina wearing a white costume, all stand among a theater set with a painted, partially raised backdrop across the background in this nearly square… · description from the collection

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Artist: Edgar Degas ¹
Date: c. 1880 ¹
Medium: pastel over charcoal and monotype on laid paper mounted on board ¹
Original: 19,079 × 16,691 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

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In 1544, the year this engraving was made, Duke Cosimo I de' Medici had just conquered Florence and was set on ravaging Siena in his pursuit of the title Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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