The painting Miss La La in the Circus Fernando (created in 1879 by Edgar Degas) shows the acrobat Miss La La hanging onto the ceiling of the Cirque Fernando by biting into a rope! Degas made various paintings of Miss La La, each showing an unusual pose that this acrobat took.
The artist Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834-Sept. 27, 1917) was a French impressionist.