Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas, 1865 - Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys - fine art print

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In 1859 Edgar Degas returned to Paris following a prolonged stay in Italy, where he visited relatives in Naples and Florence and attended life classes at the Académie Française in Rome. This picture, undertaken around 1860, speaks to his ambition to realize canvases featuring scenes from the Bible, as well as ancient and more recent history. Degas took his subject from the life of Lycurgus, a legendary ninth-century b.c. Spartan lawgiver. Lycurgus’s social reforms included an unusual method of physical training in which adolescent girls competed on an equal footing with boys, exercising nude in public. Degas would have worked up this monochromatic sketch with layers of color had he completed it, but he left it unfinished when he began a second version of the subject (National Gallery of Art, London).

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This 19th century artwork was created by the male French artist Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas in 1865. The original measures the dimensions: 97,4 × 140 cm (38 5/16 × 55 1/8 in). Oil on canvas was used by the painter as the technique for the artwork. "Inscribed lower right: Degas" was the artpiece's original inscription. Besides, the work of art belongs to the Art Institute Chicago's digital art collection, which is one of the world’s great art museums, housing a collection that spans centuries and the globe. We are delighted to reference that this artwork, which is in the public domain is included with courtesy of Art Institute Chicago. The creditline of the artpiece is: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection. The alignment is landscape with an aspect ratio of 4 : 3, which implies that the length is 33% longer than the width.

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