Edgar Degas The Dance Class, 1874
Sulking
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 12¾ × 18¼ in (32.4 × 46.4 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 29.100.43. 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
- #40291B, 31 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #261B15, 25 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #523A29, 22 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #847964, 11 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #655441, 11 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 4.5 % of the picture)
- Center
- 51¼ in (130 cm) from the floor
- Above the console table
- 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
- Ideal width
- 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 2.2 % | 5 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 570 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 4.5 % | 20 × 28½ in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 133 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 4.5 % | 24 × 34½ in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 111 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 × 399 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 599 × 427 px from The Met
- Print and original file 4,000 × 2,851 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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