# The Dancing Lesson, in Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins painted this in 1878, aged 34. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> In a plain interior, an elderly man sits watching as a young man plays the banjo and a small boy dances, his face set in concentration.

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## The work

- Date: 1878
- Medium: Watercolor on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions: 18 1/16 x 22 9/16 in. (45.9 x 57.3 cm)
- Type: Watercolor
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 25.97.1
- 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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