Edgar Degas The Dance Class, 1874
Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot, 1838–1893)
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
- Date
- 1869
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 21¾ × 25¾ in (55.2 × 65.1 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 29.100.45. 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
- #64502F, 24 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #2B2216, 23 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #4C3B21, 22 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #77623D, 20 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #8A734B, 12 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 30 × 35½ in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 72¼ in (184 cm) from the floor
- Above the headboard
- 8 in (20 cm) from the headboard to the frame
- Ideal width
- 40 to 45 in over a 60 in headboard
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the headboard, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
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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 5.7 % | 8 × 9½ in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 413 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 7.4 % | 11 × 13 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 300 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 11.6 % | 12 × 14 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 275 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 5.7 % | 16 × 19 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 206 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 11.6 % | 18 × 21¼ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 183 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 11.6 % | 30 × 35½ in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 110 dpi, soft up close |
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) 560 × 463 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 600 × 496 px from The Met
- Print and original file 4,000 × 3,309 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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