Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys — Edgar Degas (c. 1860)
10″ x 8″ (Horizontal)
$39.00
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Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys — Edgar Degas (c. 1860)
$39.00
This picture takes its subject from the life of Lycurgus. The legendary ninth-century BCE Spartan lawgiver made many social reforms including physical training in which adolescent girls competed on an equal footing with boys, exercising nude in public.
Edgar Degas, c. 1860 — Art Institute of Chicago.
- Honest scale — sizes listed in inches, original 97.4 x 140.0 cm.
- Source recorded — public-domain master scan, printed on matte stretched canvas, 0.75″ deep. Made to order.