Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux​, Dance, 1865-69

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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux​, Dance, 1865-69, marble, 420 x 298 cm.
(Musée d'Orsay, Paris).

View this work up close on the Google Art Project: http://www.googleartproject.com/collection/musee-dorsay-paris/artwork/da...

Commissioned by Charles Garnier for the facade of L'Opéra. In 1964 it was replaced by a copy executed by Paul Belmondo.