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La Classe de ballet
The Dance Class
Edgar Degas · 1874
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
About this painting
Roughly two dozen dancers and mothers crowd this rehearsal room while one girl performs an 'attitude' for her exam — Degas's most ambitious ballet composition.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
83 × 77 cm (32.7 × 30.3 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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