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L'Orchestre de l'Opéra

The Orchestra at the Opera

Musée d'Orsay

Paris, France

About this painting

Degas placed his musician friends in the pit while dancers' legs are cropped off at the top — the orchestra, not the ballet, is the true subject.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

56 × 46 cm (22 × 18.1 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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