Dance in Art

The Dance

Pietro Longhi (Italian, 1702–1785)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Collection:

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Source:

aic

Rights:

CC0 (Public Domain)

The Dance, by Pietro Longhi (Italian, 1702–1785), is a public-domain oil on canvas in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.