1868 (ca.), Edgar Degas, Mademoiselle Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source" -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Degas submitted this painting to the 1868 Salon with the title Portrait de Mlle E. F. à propos du ballet 'La Source, referring to Eugénie Fiocre, a famous dancer at the Paris Opera. Although its exhibited title suggests that he intended the work as a portrait, it otherwise gives the impression of a literary or mythological subject. Rather than show the performance, Degas captures the young woman and other dancers at rest during rehearsal, providing little indication of a stage set beyond the pink ballet slippers visible between the horse's legs.
1868 (ca.), Edgar Degas, Mademoiselle Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source" -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Degas submitted this painting to the 1868 Salon with the title Portrait de Mlle E. F. à propos du ballet 'La Source, referring to Eugénie Fiocre, a famous dancer at the Paris Opera. Although its exhibited title suggests that he intended the work as a portrait, it otherwise gives the impression of a literary or mythological subject. Rather than show the performance, Degas captures the young woman and other dancers at rest during rehearsal, providing little indication of a stage set beyond the pink ballet slippers visible between the horse's legs.