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Edgar Degas, Little Dancer of Fourteen Years (La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans) (1881)- musée d'Orsay (Paris) : r/museum
Baltimore Museum of Art - The model for Edgar Degas' "Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen" was Marie van Goethem, daughter of a Belgian tailor. She was born on February 17, 1864, and was
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