Bal du moulin de la Galette
painting by Auguste Renoir, big version in the Musée d'Orsay
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Summary
Bal du moulin de la Galette is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,509 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir[3]
- Influenced by: Feasting and dancing peasants[4], The Embarkation for Cythera[5]
- Owned by: French State[6]
- Genre: genre art[7]
- Depicts: Le Moulin de la Galette[8], dance[9], Sunday[10], afternoon[11], crowd[12], sitting[13], chair[14], ball[15], closed position[16], partner dance[17], man[18], woman[19], couple[20], dress[21]
- Made from material: oil paint[22], canvas[23]
- Collection: Musée d'Orsay[24]
- Inventory number: RF 2739[25]
- Location: Musée d'Orsay[26]
- Commons category: Bal du moulin de la Galette by Renoir[27]
- Country of origin: France[28]
- Catalog code: 209[29], 245[30]
- Inception: 1876[31]
- Exhibition history: 3rd impressionist exhibition[32], Renoir[33]
- Title: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette[34], Bal du moulin de la Galette[35]
- Inscription: Renoir 76[36]
- Height: 131 cm[37]
- Width: 175 cm[38]
Why It Matters
Bal du moulin de la Galette has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]