Dance in Art

El Jaleo

John Singer Sargent

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dance:

General Dance

Era:

Late 1800s (Victorian Ballroom)

Source:

Wikimedia Commons

Rights:

public_domain

El Jaleo, by John Singer Sargent, 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.