Thomas Lawrence, Queen Charlotte (detail) 1789 (x)

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Emile Vernon (1872-1919) detail.

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The Ballet Lesson (1914). Pierre Carrier-Belleuse (French,1851–1932). Oil on canvas.

Many of Carrier-Belleuse’s works are a homage to female beauty, a genre that, in differing guises, grew in popularity in the latter 19th century. It frequently appeared in the form of dancers at work or in repose, thus catering for a new breed of collector in Paris, those familiar with the dance halls and Follies.