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Jun 16, 2015
The Dance
The Dance
1799
Carl Wilhelm I Kolbe
(German, 1757–1835)
Engraving
Gift of Mrs. Edward W. Haines 1916.1066
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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.
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