Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Bal du moulin de la Galette), 1876, Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
The painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at Moulin de la Galette in the district of Montmartre in Paris. In the late 19th century, working class Parisians would dress up and spend time there dancing, drinking, and eating galettes into the evening.
It is housed at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and is one of Impressionism‘s most celebrated masterpieces
- Title: Bal du moulin de la Galette
- Date: 1876
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 131 × 175 cm (51.6 × 68.9 in)
- Current location: Musée d’Orsay, Paris
