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	Dancers in the 16th Century
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For more information about pre-17th century dance, see these links. A dance in Augsburg, c. 1490-1510; better details of the dancing couples here and here, and the musicians in the gallery Illustration (Pisces) from the Torrani Hours (Musée Condé MS 83, fol. 3r), 1495 Men and women dancing, c. 1500 Ball with the Duke of Bavaria by Matthäus Zasinger, 1500 The ball at the palace of of Albrecht IV of Bavaria and his wife Cunegunda of Austria c. 1500 Peasants dancing in the outer wings of the Triptych of the Haywain by Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1500-1502 Fols. 31v, 41v, and 128r of a book of hours (Douce 276), beginning of the 16th century Tapestry: The Fair, c. 1501-1525 Dancers accompanied by a flute-player and drummer, Über Wunderzeichen (ÖNB 4417, fol. 19r), 1503 Peasants dancing in the background of the left wing of the Triptych of the Adoration of the Magi by Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1510 A couple and more dancers (accompanied by musicians on a balcony) while St. Vitus renounces worldly pleasures in an altarpiece from Innsbruck, c. 1510-1520 Fastnacht (Carnival) by Hieronymus Bosch Carnival Dance, Luzerner Schilling chronicle (fol. 259r), 1513 Peasant Couple Dancing by Albrecht Dürer, 1514 Three couples in a circle dance and Masquerade, c. 1515 The dance of the Magdalene by Lucas van Leyden, 1519 A bucolic scene of a peasant dance in the February section of the Augsburger Monatsbilder, 1520s February, The Golf Book (British Library Add. 24098, fol. 19v), c. 1520-1530 Dancing peasants by Urs Graf, 1525 Peasants Merrymaking at a Village Kermesse by Hans van Wechlen, c. 1537 Detail from The Fountain of Youth by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1546 Dance at the court of Henri III, second half of the 16th century A circle dance at A Farmers' Fair by Martin van Cleve, c. 1550-1600 (?) Detail from Melancolia in the Garden of Life by Matthias Gerung, 1558 The Egg Dance by Pieter Aertsen, 1557 Wedding Dance in the Open Air by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1566 The Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568 A drawing of dancers, c. 1570 A wedding-dish, 1572 Tapestry depicting a ball held by Catherine de' Medici at the Tuileries Palace, Paris, in 1573 Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder Rural Festival by Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Wedding Dance by Jan Bruegel the Elder, 16th century Village fair with theater and procession by Pieter Bruegel Fête at Bermondsey by Joris Hoefnagel, 1569 The Peasant Wedding by Marten van Cleve Masked ball at the castle of Vinzaglio, 16th century Village fair, 16th century A ball in Venice in 1580 Ball of the Duke of Joyeuse, fourth quarter of the 16th century Ball at the Court of Valois, 16th century A ball in Augsburg, c. 1590-1595 (details left, right, musicians in the balcony playing wind instruments, and a musician playing vielle); note the 15th century costumes interspersed among outfits more typical of the late 16th century Peasant couple dancing, Album Amicorum of Jan van der Deck (Rawl. B. 21, fol. 55r), after 1592 Village Festival by Gillis Mostaert Farmers dancing by Hans van Wechelen A ball by Franz Francken the Elder, late 16th century or early 17th century A dance at the time of the Carnival by Jan Harmensz Muller, 16th-17th century Dancers and musicians, Album of Johannes Cellarius (British Library MS Add. 27579, fol. 149v), c. 1600-1606 The Wedding Dance in a Barn by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, c. 1616 Village Fair attributed to Pieter Brueghel the Younger Village Fair attributed to Pieter Brueghel the Younger Village Fair by Pieter Brueghel the Younger Farmers’ Fair by Pieter Bruegel the Younger Background of The Peasants' Brawl by Pieter Brueghel the Younger The Wedding Dance in a Barn by Pieter Brueghel the Younger

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For more information about pre-17th century dance, see these links.

A dance in Augsburg, c. 1490-1510; better details of the dancing couples here and here, and the musicians in the gallery
Illustration (Pisces) from the Torrani Hours (Musée Condé MS 83, fol. 3r), 1495
Men and women dancing, c. 1500
Ball with the Duke of Bavaria by Matthäus Zasinger, 1500
The ball at the palace of of Albrecht IV of Bavaria and his wife Cunegunda of Austria c. 1500
Peasants dancing in the outer wings of the Triptych of the Haywain by Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1500-1502
Fols. 31v, 41v, and 128r of a book of hours (Douce 276), beginning of the 16th century
Tapestry: The Fair, c. 1501-1525
Dancers accompanied by a flute-player and drummer, Über Wunderzeichen (ÖNB 4417, fol. 19r), 1503
Peasants dancing in the background of the left wing of the Triptych of the Adoration of the Magi by Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1510
A couple and more dancers (accompanied by musicians on a balcony) while St. Vitus renounces worldly pleasures in an altarpiece from Innsbruck, c. 1510-1520
Fastnacht (Carnival) by Hieronymus Bosch
Carnival Dance, Luzerner Schilling chronicle (fol. 259r), 1513
Peasant Couple Dancing by Albrecht Dürer, 1514
Three couples in a circle dance and Masquerade, c. 1515
The dance of the Magdalene by Lucas van Leyden, 1519
A bucolic scene of a peasant dance in the February section of the Augsburger Monatsbilder, 1520s
February, The Golf Book (British Library Add. 24098, fol. 19v), c. 1520-1530
Dancing peasants by Urs Graf, 1525
Peasants Merrymaking at a Village Kermesse by Hans van Wechlen, c. 1537
Detail from The Fountain of Youth by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1546
Dance at the court of Henri III, second half of the 16th century
A circle dance at A Farmers' Fair by Martin van Cleve, c. 1550-1600 (?)
Detail from Melancolia in the Garden of Life by Matthias Gerung, 1558
The Egg Dance by Pieter Aertsen, 1557
Wedding Dance in the Open Air by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1566
The Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568
A drawing of dancers, c. 1570
A wedding-dish, 1572
Tapestry depicting a ball held by Catherine de' Medici at the Tuileries Palace, Paris, in 1573
Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Rural Festival by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Wedding Dance by Jan Bruegel the Elder, 16th century
Village fair with theater and procession by Pieter Bruegel
Fête at Bermondsey by Joris Hoefnagel, 1569
The Peasant Wedding by Marten van Cleve
Masked ball at the castle of Vinzaglio, 16th century
Village fair, 16th century
A ball in Venice in 1580
Ball of the Duke of Joyeuse, fourth quarter of the 16th century
Ball at the Court of Valois, 16th century
A ball in Augsburg, c. 1590-1595 (details left, right, musicians in the balcony playing wind instruments, and a musician playing vielle); note the 15th century costumes interspersed among outfits more typical of the late 16th century
Peasant couple dancing, Album Amicorum of Jan van der Deck (Rawl. B. 21, fol. 55r), after 1592
Village Festival by Gillis Mostaert
Farmers dancing by Hans van Wechelen
A ball by Franz Francken the Elder, late 16th century or early 17th century
A dance at the time of the Carnival by Jan Harmensz Muller, 16th-17th century
Dancers and musicians, Album of Johannes Cellarius (British Library MS Add. 27579, fol. 149v), c. 1600-1606
The Wedding Dance in a Barn by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, c. 1616
Village Fair attributed to Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Village Fair attributed to Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Village Fair by Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Farmers’ Fair by Pieter Bruegel the Younger
Background of The Peasants' Brawl by Pieter Brueghel the Younger
The Wedding Dance in a Barn by Pieter Brueghel the Younger