Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys
A sepia-toned composition in brown oil paint shows young women in loose drapery on the left confronting a group of nude youths beside a tree on the right. Behind them stands a small stone temple with a dark doorway, figures gathered near its steps, and a pale hazy landscape under a soft sky.
- Artist
- Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
- Date
- c. 1860
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1257 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1865).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection