The Dance
Medium
engraving
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Edward W. Haines
Accession Number
1916.1066
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.