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'''''La Danse''''' ({{lang-en|italic=yes|The Dance}}) is a painting created by nineteenth-century French artist [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]] in 1856. The painting is currently held in the [[Musée d'Orsay]] in Paris.<ref name="wissman">{{cite book|last=Wissman |first=Fronia E. |title=Bouguereau |publisher=Pomegranate Artbooks |location=San Francisco |date=1996 |page=21 |isbn=978-0876545829}}</ref>
'''''La Danse''''' ({{lang-en|italic=yes|The Dance}}) is a painting created by nineteenth-century French artist [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]] in 1856. The painting is currently held in the [[Musée d'Orsay]] in Paris.<ref name="wissman">{{cite book|last=Wissman |first=Fronia E. |title=Bouguereau |publisher=Pomegranate Artbooks |location=San Francisco |date=1996 |page=21 |isbn=978-0876545829}}</ref>


The work, commissioned in 1855 by Anatole Bartholoni to decorate a living room at his Paris hotel, represents dance in an allegorical manner. Other canvases in the set are held at the United States Embassy in Paris. <ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/catalogue-des-oeuvres/notice.html?no_cache=1&nnumid=1065&cHash=0666d84fd2|title=La Danse|publisher=Musee d'Orsay|accessdate= 17 August 2020}} </ref>
The work, commissioned in 1855 by Anatole Bartholoni to decorate a living room at his Paris hotel, represents dance in an allegorical manner. Other canvases in the set are held at the United States Embassy in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/catalogue-des-oeuvres/notice.html?no_cache=1&nnumid=1065&cHash=0666d84fd2|title=La Danse|publisher=Musee d'Orsay|accessdate= 17 August 2020}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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La Danse
English: The Dance
La Danse (1856)
ArtistWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau
Year1856 (1856)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions367 cm × 180 cm (144 in × 71 in)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

La Danse (Template:Lang-en) is a painting created by nineteenth-century French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1856. The painting is currently held in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.[1]

The work, commissioned in 1855 by Anatole Bartholoni to decorate a living room at his Paris hotel, represents dance in an allegorical manner. Other canvases in the set are held at the United States Embassy in Paris.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Wissman, Fronia E. (1996). Bouguereau. San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks. p. 21. ISBN 978-0876545829.
  2. ^ "La Danse". Musee d'Orsay. Retrieved 17 August 2020.