Bal du moulin de la Galette

Bal du moulin de la Galette

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1876

Musée d'Orsay

Paris, France

About this painting

Renoir painted this joyous open-air dance scene at Montmartre's Moulin de la Galette using friends as models; Gustave Caillebotte bequeathed it to the French state in 1894.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

131 × 175 cm (51.6 × 68.9 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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