The Ballet from "Robert le Diable", Edgar Degas, 1871

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The Ballet from 'Robert le Diable', 1871, Oil on canvas, 26 x 21 3/8 in. (66 x cm), Paintings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), When Degas made this picture in 1871, Giacomo Meyerbeer’s opera Robert le Diable was forty years old and feeling its age—as reflected by the man at center, indifferent to the action and directing his binoculars at the audience

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Size: 4230px × 5150px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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