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The Dance Class, 1874. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Impressionism
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- Museum title
- The Dance Class
- Artist
- Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
- Date
- 1874
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, 1986
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.