The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
The Dance
1799
(German, 1757–1835)
Gift of Mrs. Edward W. Haines 1916.1066
Location: not on view
Description
The Dance represents a stylistic fusion of classicism and scientific naturalism that dominated landscape art at the end of the 18th century. The circle of nudes dancing to a satyr’s music, ancient ruins, and sacrificial alter evoke a classical idyll, while the surrounding landscape, particularly the tree and foreground burdocks, are rendered with botanical precision.- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 2 (1917): 26-37. Mentioned: p. 26 www.jstor.org
- Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue.
- {{cite web|title=The Dance |url=false|author=Carl Wilhelm I Kolbe|year=1799|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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