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Three Dancers Preparing for Class

Edgar Degas · 1834–1917

Maximum print size

29.7 × 31.0 cm · 11.7 × 12.2 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,506 × 3,672 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 29.7 × 31.0 cm · 11.7 × 12.2 in
Mat border, sides: 5.6 cm · 2.2 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.9 cm · 3.9 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: after 1878
Medium: Pastel on buff-colored wove paper
Type: Drawings
Size: 54.6 × 52.1 cm · 21.5 × 20.5 in
Orientation: square
Subjects: Ballet, Dancers, Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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