The Dance Class

Edgar Degas

1874 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Size2:3 ratio

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

This print

The Dance Class

Dancers Practicing at the Barre

Four Dancers

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About this work

Artist: Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
Year: 1874
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 83.5 × 77.2 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Impressionism

Some two dozen young dancers in white tutus and coloured sashes wait their turn in a rehearsal room at the Paris Opéra while the ballet master Jules Perrot, leaning on his stick, watches one girl perform; others stretch, scratch, adjust their earrings or chat with their mothers at the back. Degas painted it in 1874 for the opera singer Jean-Baptiste Faure, finishing it in 1876 after Faure complained of the delay. The room is imagined, since the old opera house had burned down, and Degas worked from models posed in his studio. The off-centre composition and the dancers cut by the frame give the sense of a glance rather than a staged scene. It has been in the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1987; a closely related version is in the Musée d'Orsay.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Dancers in white tutus with coloured sashes in a pale rehearsal room suit a bedroom, dressing room or girl's room at 16×24 or 24×36. Natural wood on a white wall; the near-square canvas looks right above a dresser or in a hallway of mirrors.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Impressionism painting
Era: 19th century (1874)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: calm
Rooms: bedroom, hallway or entryway, kids room, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, anniversary, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Dance Class in the public domain?

Yes. Edgar Degas (1834–1917) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Dance Class painted, and in what medium?

The Dance Class dates from 1874 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 83.5 × 77.2 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Dance Class we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

An exhibition poster of Degas's The Dance Class — the whole rehearsal scene under a huge tracked surname banner. The most beloved of Degas's ballet pictures, framed as a museum exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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