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The Dance Class is an 1874 painting by Edgar Degas.[1] It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2]

The Dance Class
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 City
Accession	1987.47.1

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.[2]

See also

• The Ballet Class (Degas, Musée d'Orsay)

References

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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