Little Dancer of Fourteen Years

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ballet sculpture sculpture

Little Dancer of Fourteen Years is a famous late-19th-century sculpture by Edgar Degas depicting a young ballet student in a naturalistic, lifelike pose that challenged traditional ideals of beauty and art.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
La Petite Danseuse de quatorze ans	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ballet sculpture ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	challenged traditional ideals of beauty in sculpture ⓘ early example of mixed-media sculpture ⓘ
artist	Edgar Degas ⓘ
castAfterDeathOfArtist	true ⓘ
collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (one bronze cast) Musée d'Orsay ⓘ surface form: Musée d'Orsay, Paris (one bronze cast) National Gallery of Art ⓘ surface form: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (one bronze cast) Tate Britain ⓘ surface form: Tate, London (one bronze cast)
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
creator	Edgar Degas ⓘ
depictionType	full-length standing figure ⓘ
depicts	ballerina ⓘ young ballet student ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Sixth Impressionist Exhibition ⓘ
exhibitionStart	1881 ⓘ
firstReception	mixed to hostile critical response ⓘ
genre	Realism ⓘ
hasPart	fabric bodice ⓘ ribbon in hair ⓘ tulle skirt ⓘ
height	approximately 98 cm ⓘ
inception	circa 1880–1881 ⓘ
influenced	later modern sculpture ⓘ
locationOfFirstExhibition	Paris ⓘ
materialUsed	bronze (later casts) ⓘ fabric tutu ⓘ real hair (original) ⓘ wax (original) ⓘ
model	Marie van Goethem ⓘ
movement	Impressionism ⓘ
notableFor	controversial reception at first exhibition ⓘ naturalistic, lifelike depiction ⓘ use of real materials in sculpture ⓘ
orientation	three-quarter profile stance ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle	Little Dancer of Fourteen Years self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: La Petite Danseuse de quatorze ans
originalMedium	pigmented wax over armature ⓘ
period	late 19th century ⓘ
placeOfCreation	Paris ⓘ
pose	fourth position (ballet) ⓘ
setInPeriod	French Third Republic ⓘ surface form: Third Republic France
subjectName	Marie van Goethem ⓘ
theme	ballet ⓘ working-class life in Paris ⓘ youth ⓘ
title	Little Dancer of Fourteen Years self-link ⓘ

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Edgar Degas → notableWork → Little Dancer of Fourteen Years ⓘ

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this entity surface form: La Petite Danseuse de quatorze ans

Little Dancer of Fourteen Years → title → Little Dancer of Fourteen Years self-link ⓘ