Home Edgar Degas’s dancers seduces Australia Edgar Degas. Small Dancer Aged 14. Cast in 1922, sculpture modeled c. 1879–80. Bronze partly tinted, tulle tutu, pink satin ribbon in the hair, wooden base. Orsay Museum, Paris

Edgar Degas. Small Dancer Aged 14. Cast in 1922, sculpture modeled c. 1879–80. Bronze partly tinted, tulle tutu, pink satin ribbon in the hair, wooden base. Orsay Museum, Paris

Edgar Degas. The dance foyer at the Opera, 1872. Orsay Museum, Paris

Edgar Degas. Small Dancer Aged 14. Cast in 1922, sculpture modeled c. 1879–80. Bronze partly tinted, tulle tutu, pink satin ribbon in the hair, wooden base. Orsay Museum, Paris

Edgar Degas. Nude Woman Standing, drying herself, 1891–92. Lithograph, transfer from monotype, crayon, tusche, and scraping, cm 33 x 24.5. Credit: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs.Douglas Dillon Gift, 1972