Dance in Art · 1837

Madlle. Duvernay as Florinda in the Devil on two sticks (NYPL b12147668-5134505)

Unknown (NYPL collection)

Medium:

Oil Painting

Dance:

Ballet

Era:

Early 1800s (Waltz Revolution)

Source:

Wikimedia Commons

Rights:

Public Domain

Madlle. Duvernay as Florinda in the Devil on two sticks (NYPL b12147668-5134505), by Unknown (NYPL collection), is a public-domain oil painting in the LODance gallery of dance in art, depicting ballet. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.