Edgar Degas "Little Ballerina" Small statuette, painted bronze
"La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans" ("Little Dancer of Fourteen Years"), c. 1881, is a sculpture by Edgar Degas of a young dance student named Marie van Goethem.
The sculpture "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years" was originally made in wax, an unusual choice of material for a sculpture of this time, dressed in a cotton skirt with a hairribbon, and sitting on a wooden base
The sculpture "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years" was originally made in wax, an unusual choice of material for a sculpture of this time, dressed in a cotton skirt with a hair