Edgar Degas The Dance Class, 1874
Stefanina Primicile Carafa, Marchioness of Cicerale and Duchess of Montejasi
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
- Date
- c. 1875
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Size
- 19¼ × 15½ in (49 × 39.4 cm)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1958.28. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #0C0809, 39 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #3D2921, 25 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #201614, 15 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #5D4330, 12 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #795E46, 10 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
Closest wall colors:
Fits these rooms
Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 0.5 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Try it on your wall color
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Print it
Standard paper sizes that keep this painting’s proportions, the frames that fit them, and how sharp each one prints.
| Paper | Filling the paper | Printed whole | Frame | Frame with a 2 in mat | Frame with a 3 in mat | Sharpness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 0.5 % | 8 × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 1390 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 2.3 % | 11 × 13¾ in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 997 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 0.5 % | 16 × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 695 dpi, crisp 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) 446 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 717 × 900 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Print file 2,707 × 3,400 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Original file 11,124 × 13,971 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting Cleveland Museum of Art
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland 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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