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The Ballet Class (Degas, Musée d'Orsay)

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The Ballet Class
ArtistEdgar Degas
Yearbetween 1871 and 1874
TypeOil paint on canvas
Dimensions85 by 75 centimetres (33 in × 30 in)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

The Ballet Class (French: La Classe de danse) is an oil painting on canvas painted between 1871 and 1874 by the French artist Edgar Degas.[1] It is in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.[2] It was commissioned by Jean-Baptiste Faure.[3] Degas temporarily abandoned work on this painting, and delivered a work of a similar name to Faure.[3]

The painting depicts dancers at the end of a lesson under ballet master Jules Perrot.[1] Perrot and Degas were friends, and Degas painted the dance class in the Paris Opera a year after it burnt down.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "Musée d'Orsay - La Classe de danse (The Ballet Class)". Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne - la Classe de danse". Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Dance Class". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 January 2015.