Marie van Goethem
Between 1878 and 1881, Degas drew, painted and sculpted Marie in artworks including "Dancer with Fan", "Dancing Lesson", "Dancer Resting", numerous preparatory sketches, and most famously in "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years". He frequently attended ballet performances at the Paris Opera and often observed classes at the dance school. By posing for Degas, Marie likely earned five to six francs per four-hour sitting.
La danse, Bacchante
La danse (also known as Bacchante) is an oil painting created circa 1906 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956). "Bacchante" is a pre-Cubist or Proto-Cubist work executed in a highly personal Divisionist style during the height of the Fauve period. "Bacchante" was painted in Paris at a time when Metzinger and Robert Delaunay painted portraits of one another, exhibiting together at the Salon d'Automne and the Berthe Weill gallery. "Bacchante" was exhibited in Paris during the spring of 1907 at the Salon des Indépendants (No. 3460), along with "Coucher de soleil" and four other works by Metzinger.