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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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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.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Ballet Dancer

André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

Date
c. 1865
Medium
albumen silver print on silk
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.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2006.74.1
Credit line
An Anonymous Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • photograph
Provenance

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

Inscription

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

NGA object ID 135425. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.