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The Dance Class, Edgar Degas, 1874, oil on canvas

The Dance Class

Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

Date
1874
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
32¾ × 30½ in (83.5 × 77.2 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1987.47.1. See the museum’s record
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, 1986

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
22¼ × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
The Dance Class: a 22¼ × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
22¼ × 24 in portrait print (56 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 13.5 % 8 × 8½ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 463 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in trims 7.5 % 11 × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 333 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 16 in trims 7.5 % 14¾ × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 250 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 13.5 % 16 × 17¼ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 231 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 20 in trims 7.5 % 18½ × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 200 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 24 in trims 7.5 % 22¼ × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 166 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.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

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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