Ballet Dancer

c. 1865

André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

Associated Names
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

Artist, French, 1819 - 1889

The image displays a woman in a ballet outfit, standing en pointe next to a column. She has delicate facial features, neatly styled hair with a floral headpiece, and a serene expression. The woman wears a classic ballet costume with a fitted bodice, short puffed sleeves, and a full tulle skirt. She is holding a book and is surrounded by a stage or studio setting with a classical column. The image is framed with twisted red cords.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print on silk

  • Credit Line

    An Anonymous Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 5.2 x 8.8 cm (2 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
    support: 6.6 x 9.8 cm (2 5/8 x 3 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.74.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Nes Photography, New York); NGA purchase, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Inscriptions

Gilt-stamped lower left: DISDÉRI; lower right: DÉPOSÉ

Wikidata ID

Q64073935

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