The Dance Class (Degas, Metropolitan Museum of Art)
| The Dance Class | |
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| Artist | Edgar Degas |
| Year | 1874 |
| Type | Oil paint on canvas |
| Dimensions | 83.5 by 77.2 centimetres (32.9 in × 30.4 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Accession | 1987.47.1 |
The Dance Class is an 1874 oil painting on canvas by the French artist Edgar Degas.[1] It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.[2]
The painting and its companion work in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, are amongst the most ambitious works by Degas on the theme of ballet. The imaginary scene depicts a dance class being held under the supervision of Jules Perrot, a famous ballet master, in the old Paris Opera, which had actually burnt down the previous year. The poster on the wall for Rossini's Guillaume Tell is a tribute to the operatic singer Jean-Baptiste Faure, who had commissioned the work.[2]
The painting is on view in the Metropolitan Museum's Gallery 815 as of December 2023[update].[2]
References
- ^ Alastair Macaulay (September 2, 2008). "Degas's Ballet Students Teach the Lessons of Their Art". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "The Collection Online - The Dance Class - Edgar Degas". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
External links
- Impressionism: a Centenary Exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 12, 1974 – February 10, 1975, fully digitized text from The Metropolitan Museum of Art libraries
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