The Dance Class, 1874, Edgar Degas
This work and its variant in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, represent the most ambitious paintings Degas devoted to the theme of the dance. Some twenty-four women, ballerinas and their mothers, wait while a dancer executes an "attitude" for her examination. Jules Perrot, a famous ballet master, conducts the class. The imaginary scene is set in a rehearsal room in the old Paris Opéra, which had recently burned to the ground. On the wall beside the mirror, a poster for Rossini’s Guillaume Tell pays tribute to the singer Jean-Baptiste Faure, who commissioned the picture and lent it to the 1876 Impressionist exhibition.
- The Met Museum, New York
A fine Art giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm (smooth matt finish) or equivalent museum quality paper. Mounted with conservation grade boards and tapes and real glass glazing. Acrylic glazing available upon request. Pictured with a matt black scooped frame with a real gold leaf slip. Other framing options below.
Frame Options:
• Solid Ash with Walnut Slip: A beautiful, waxed light timber profile accented by a classic french-polished solid walnut inner insert. D35 x H496 x W551mm
• Solid Walnut with Black Slip: A deep, rich genuine hardwood frame paired with a stark, modern minimalist black contrast edge. D35 x H496 x W551mm
• Matt Black Scooped with Gilt Slip: A dramatic, traditional scooped moulding coupled with a striking real gold-leaf accent. 30 x 550 x 605mm
The piece comes fitted with high quality hanging hardware and arrives ready-to-hang. Professionally packed and shipped on a fully trackable service with DPD.
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