Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Dance, 1865-69
More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=3ZGmMTNyW0k
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/dance-jean-baptiste-carpeaux/507096/
Commissioned by Charles Garnier for the facade of L'Opéra. In 1964 it was replaced by a copy executed by Paul Belmondo.