The Barbaric Dance (Before Salomé and Hérod) [La danse barbare (devant Salomé et Hérode)]
1905, published 1913
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Medium
drypoint on wove Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 18.6 x 23.3 cm (7 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.) sheet: 32.9 x 50.7 cm (12 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection
Accession Number
2011.60.62
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso · 1881–1973
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso in Málaga, Spain, was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a painter and art professor who served as his first teacher. From age seven, Picasso trained under his father in figure drawing and oil painting, mastering naturalistic techniques by copying mas...