Before the Ballet

1890/1892 · Painting

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Room83 · West Building, Main Floor

On public display.

Checked: 3 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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Particulars

Accession number: 1942.9.19

What it shows

Occupation Dance Ballet

In the catalog

French Impressionist

Sources

National Gallery of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access

All works

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer

modeled 1881, cast 1922, modern tutu · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

1865 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Mlle. Hortense Valpinçon

c. 1871 · Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Dance Class

1874 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman Having Her Hair Combed

ca. 1886–88 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study in the Nude of Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (Nude Little Dancer)

original wax c. 1878-1881, cast 1920/1926 · National Gallery of Art

Horse Galloping on the Right Foot

late 1880s · National Gallery of Art

Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground

1870s · National Gallery of Art

Neighbors at National Gallery of Art

Museum page

Gianfrancesco Enzola

Madonna and Child between Saint Michael and Saint Lawrence

Edgar Degas

Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground, 1870s

Giovanni Bernardi

Pan and Syrinx, mid 16th century

Andrea Vanni

Scenes from the Passion of Christ: The Descent into Limbo [right panel], 1380s

Ulocrino

Saint Romedius, early 16th century

Honoré Daumier

Jean-Marie Fruchard, model c. 1832/1835, cast 1929/1930

Attributed to Caradosso Foppa

Marine Scene

Giovanni Bernardi

Before the Ballet

Yes, receiving visitors

Particulars

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

More by Edgar Degas

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

Portrait of Mlle. Hortense Valpinçon

The Dance Class

Woman Having Her Hair Combed

Study in the Nude of Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (Nude Little Dancer)

Horse Galloping on the Right Foot

Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground

Neighbors at National Gallery of Art

Madonna and Child between Saint Michael and Saint Lawrence

Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground, 1870s

Pan and Syrinx, mid 16th century

Scenes from the Passion of Christ: The Descent into Limbo [right panel], 1380s

Saint Romedius, early 16th century

Jean-Marie Fruchard, model c. 1832/1835, cast 1929/1930

Marine Scene

The Continence of Scipio

Before the Ballet

Yes, receiving visitors

Particulars

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

More by Edgar Degas

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

Portrait of Mlle. Hortense Valpinçon

The Dance Class

Woman Having Her Hair Combed

Study in the Nude of Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (Nude Little Dancer)

Horse Galloping on the Right Foot

Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground

Neighbors at National Gallery of Art

Madonna and Child between Saint Michael and Saint Lawrence

Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground, 1870s

Pan and Syrinx, mid 16th century

Scenes from the Passion of Christ: The Descent into Limbo [right panel], 1380s

Saint Romedius, early 16th century

Jean-Marie Fruchard, model c. 1832/1835, cast 1929/1930

Marine Scene

The Continence of Scipio