Edgar Degas The Dance Class, 1874
The Millinery Shop
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
- Date
- 1879-86
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 39¼ × 43½ in (100 × 110.7 cm)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1933.428. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).
Palette
- #523924, 36 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #7E5226, 27 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #70744A, 15 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #38423B, 13 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #A78F63, 10 % 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.
- 21¾ × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
- Center
- 66 in (168 cm) from the floor
- Above the mantel
- 6 in (15 cm) from the mantel to the frame
- Ideal width
- 44 to 50 in over a 66 in mantel
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 4 to 8 in above the mantel, so the 6 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 11.4 % | 8 × 9 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 224 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 12 × 12 in | trims 9.7 % | 10¾ × 12 in | 12 × 12 in ready-made | 16 × 16 in ready-made | 18 × 18 in custom | 166 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 16 in | trims 9.7 % | 14½ × 16 in | 16 × 16 in ready-made | 20 × 20 in ready-made | 22 × 22 in custom | 125 dpi, soft up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 11.4 % | 16 × 17¾ in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 112 dpi, soft up close |
| 20 × 20 in | trims 9.7 % | 18 × 20 in | 20 × 20 in ready-made | 24 × 24 in ready-made | 26 × 26 in custom | 100 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 24 in | trims 9.7 % | 21¾ × 24 in | 24 × 24 in ready-made | 28 × 28 in custom | 30 × 30 in custom | 83 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 × 508 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 765 px from Art Institute of Chicago
- Print file 2,000 × 1,816 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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Edgar Degas Yellow Dancers (In the Wings), 1874–76
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Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884–86, border added 1888–89
Édouard Manet Woman Reading, 1880–82
Paul Cézanne The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque, c. 1885