Year about 1870 Subject Ballet Period Impressionism | Dimensions 20 cm x 27 cm Media Oil paint | |
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Similar Edgar Degas artwork, Artwork at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Impressionist artwork | ||
The Dancing Class is an oil painting by Edgar Degas. It was painted about 1870. It was the first of Degas's "ballet pictures". The painting depicts a dancing class at the Paris Opéra. The dancer in the center is Joséphine Gaujelin (or Gozelin).
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The Dancing Class Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA