Edgar Degas The Dance Class, 1874
Portrait of Mme Lisle and Mme Loubens
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
- Date
- c. 1867
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 33 × 38 in (84 × 96.6 cm)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1953.335. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of Annie Laurie Ryerson in memory of Joseph Turner Ryerson
Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).
Palette
- #201D15, 43 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #3D2F1B, 25 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #5E3F1F, 21 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #C0AD83, 7 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #896E49, 5 % 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.
- 17½ × 20 in, the whole painting on 20 × 20 in paper
- Center
- 66 in (168 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 8 % | 8 × 9¼ in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 214 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 12 × 12 in | trims 13 % | 10½ × 12 in | 12 × 12 in ready-made | 16 × 16 in ready-made | 18 × 18 in custom | 165 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 9.6 % | 11 × 12½ in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 156 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 16 in | trims 13 % | 14 × 16 in | 16 × 16 in ready-made | 20 × 20 in ready-made | 22 × 22 in custom | 123 dpi, soft up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 8 % | 16 × 18½ in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 107 dpi, soft up close |
| 20 × 20 in | trims 13 % | 17½ × 20 in | 20 × 20 in ready-made | 24 × 24 in ready-made | 26 × 26 in custom | 98 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 × 482 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 725 px from Art Institute of Chicago
- Print file 2,000 × 1,719 px from Art Institute of Chicago
- The museum’s record of this painting Art Institute of Chicago
Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (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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