Dance around the Statue of Venus, 1580 – 1590

Title

Dance around the Statue of Venus

Painter

• Hans Bock the Elder

Production Place

• Basel

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• mixed technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Inschrift auf dem Sockel der Statue: ·VENVS·

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2006 with means provided by the Werner Wirthle bequest

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation
• nude

Main Motif

• dance
• Venus
• woman
• man
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Venus

Primary

• 92C4 (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)
• 48C2 sculpture
• 31D15 adult woman
• 41D92 woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude
• 43C9 dancing
• 31AA25432 leading someone by the hand or wrist - AA - both arms or hands

Secondary

• 31D2 human life divided into stages
• 48C145 architectural settings in paintings, sculptures, etc.
• 48C1621 arcade ~ architecture
• 48C244 pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)