# Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Boy, in Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins painted this (probably 1877), aged 33. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> This oil sketch studies the young boy who dances at the centre of Thomas Eakins’s watercolour The Dancing Lesson of 1878, now in the Metropolitan Museum.

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## The work

- Date: probably 1877
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 53.3 x 23.2 cm (21 x 9 1/8 in.) framed: 61.6 x 31 x 3.2 cm (24 1/4 x 12 3/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985.64.15
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Thomas Eakins](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/thomas-eakins), American, 1844–1916

Eakins studied in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme and was impressed in Spain by Velázquez and Ribera, then returned to Philadelphia, where he spent his life.

9 works in the collection.

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