Dance in Art

Bacchic Revels

Johann Georg Platzer (Austrian, 1704–1761)

Medium:

Oil on copper

Collection:

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Source:

aic

Rights:

CC0 (Public Domain)

Bacchic Revels, by Johann Georg Platzer (Austrian, 1704–1761), is a public-domain oil on copper 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.