Keywords: Edgar Degas The Dance Class.jpg Artwork creator Edgar Degas La classe de danse The Dance Class The imaginary scene is set in a rehearsal room in the old Paris OpĂ©ra ”a poster for Rossini's Guillaume Tell is on the wall beside the mirror ”even though the building had just burned to the ground 1874 Oil on canvas cm 83 2 76 8 Institution Metropolitan Museum of Art accession number 1987 47 1 object history credit line Bequest of Mrs Harry Payne Bingham 1986 Signed lower left Degas http //www metmuseum org/Collections/search-the-collections/110003530 Metropolitan Museum of Art PD-old-auto 1917 The Ballet Class Degas Metropolitan Images of Paris from the Metropolitan Museum of Art |