Dance Class at the Opera

Le Foyer de la danse à l'Opéra de la rue Le Peletier

Dance Class at the Opera

Edgar Degas · 1872

Musée d'Orsay

Paris, France

About this painting

A small, densely packed rehearsal scene set in the old rue Le Peletier opera house, which burned down the same year Degas painted this.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

33 × 46 cm (13 × 18.1 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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