Edgar Degas The Dance Class, 1874
Dancers, Pink and Green
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
- Date
- ca. 1890
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 32¼ × 29¾ in (82.2 × 75.6 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 29.100.42. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #474132, 29 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #5A4D3A, 23 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #2E352C, 19 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #32594A, 17 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #775D45, 12 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 22 × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Try it on your wall color
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Print it
No standard paper matches this painting’s proportions closely, so print it whole with a white border, or trim the edges to fill the paper.
| Paper | Filling the paper | Printed whole | Frame | Frame with a 2 in mat | Frame with a 3 in mat | Sharpness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 13 % | 8 × 8¾ in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 453 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 12 in | trims 8 % | 11 × 12 in | 12 × 12 in ready-made | 16 × 16 in ready-made | 18 × 18 in custom | 330 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 16 in | trims 8 % | 14¾ × 16 in | 16 × 16 in ready-made | 20 × 20 in ready-made | 22 × 22 in custom | 246 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 13 % | 16 × 17½ in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 226 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 20 × 20 in | trims 8 % | 18½ × 20 in | 20 × 20 in ready-made | 24 × 24 in ready-made | 26 × 26 in custom | 197 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 24 × 24 in | trims 8 % | 22 × 24 in | 24 × 24 in ready-made | 28 × 28 in custom | 30 × 30 in custom | 164 dpi, crisp from a step back |
Sharpness is worked out from the largest file the museum offers. Above 300 dpi a print holds up at arm’s length; 150 dpi is plenty for a picture seen from across a sofa.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 508 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 567 × 625 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,630 × 4,000 px from The Met
- The museum’s record of this painting The Met
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0). You may print, share, change and sell it without asking. Read what that means on our image license page, and how to get a good result in how to print a public-domain painting.
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