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The dance (La danse)
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ARTIST:
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (France, 1827-1875)
TITLE OF WORK:
The dance (La danse)
TYPE OF WORK:
Sculpture, group, Echaillon stone
DATE:
1869
DIMENSIONS: 420 x 298 x 145 cm
COMMENTS: The statue was ordered by the French State in 1865, for 30,000 francs. When finished and placed in the facade of the Opera House in 1869, a great scandal erupted and the government was forced to remov
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE:
Antiquity, France, Paris
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