Dancers Backstage depicts an informal, behind-the-scenes moment at the ballet—the type of scene that most intrigued Degas. Four figures occupy the painting:
onto a loosely painted scene with three ballerinas in rose-pink costumes and one man
Jesus faces and looks at a kneeling, pale-skinned man to our right who holds out
This painting is based on a true account of a shark attack in Havana Harbor in 1749. John Singleton Copley depicts a critical moment in the attempted rescue of 14-year-old Brook Watson.
In the water, the man floats with his chest facing the sky, his right arm overhead
Dutch seventeenth-century artists drew their subject matter from all elements of society. The refinement of the wealthy burghers in the second half of the century was best captured by Gerard ter Borch the Younger.
bows to a woman as another man looks on from the shadowy background, while a woman
The central man, Jesus, is covered with a white cloth across one shoulder and both
Visual Description Shown from the hips up, a woman and a man stand side-by-side
Visual Description A man, woman, a small table, chair, and two fragments of walls
George Luks was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1866 to a lively and cultured family. Luks’s father, a multilingual doctor, emigrated from Poland;
draw attention to his privileged upbringing or to his European travels as a young man
· Accession ID 1998.17.10 Artwork Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, Portrait of a Man
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1625 · oil on canvas · Accession ID 1961.9.52 Artwork Simon Vouet, A Bearded Man
