The painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at Moulin de la Galette in the district of Montmartre in Paris.
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On May 17, 1990, his widow sold the painting for US$78 million at Sotheby's in New York City to Ryoei Saito (Saitō Ryōei), the honorary chairman of Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Company, Japan.
Artists, such as Renoir, van Gogh, and Pissarro have immortalized Le Moulin de la Galette; likely the most notable was Renoir's festive painting, Bal du moulin de la Galette.
Moulin Rouge | Moulin Rouge! | Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | Bal Thackeray | Bal-Sagoth | Jean Moulin | Bal Harbour, Florida | Roza Bal | Moulin de Mougins | Bal-musette | Bal | The Song from ''Moulin Rouge'' | Rohit Bal | Prix du Moulin de Longchamp | Old water mill ''(Moulin de la Roquette)'' in Casteau | Moulin Rouge! (soundtrack) | Moulin Rouge (1952 film) | ''Moulin Rouge'' | Moulin de la Galette | Mieke Bal | Jad-bal-ja | Chris Moulin | Bal du moulin de la Galette | ''Bal du moulin de la Galette | Bal Dhuri | Bal-Can-Can | Bal Bramhachari | Bal'a | 2 Bal |