Scene from a Ballet (study) 1874

This sketch by Ilya Repin, titled "Scene from a Ballet (study)", depicts a bustling scene in a grand theater or opera house, with patrons arriving and departing. The work is a study for Repin's larger painting "The Arrival of the Imperial Box at the Bolshoi Theatre." The artist's signature and date of 1874 are located in the lower right corner. The painting is part of the permanent collection of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.