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[Egg dance]

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Title
[Egg dance]
Names
Galle, Jan, 1600-1676 (Engraver)
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603 (Artist)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Subjects

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1640 - 1649 (Questionable)
Place: Antwerp?
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFD Gal J Egg 1
Topics
Costume -- Belgium -- 17th century
Folk dancing -- Belgium
Egg dances
Musicians
Genres
Prints
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Lower center: M[arten] de Vos invent. Lower right: Joan Galle excud.
Content: On plate, at top: Has ducunt choreas, qui bacchanalia vivunt. Four line poem in French, below at left. Four line poem in Dutch at right.
Reproduction: Reproduced in Lillian Moore, Images of the dance [1965] p. 9.#
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: Engraving in line border, image including legends: 22.8 x 29.5 cm.
Description
An outdoor village festival; at center, a stocky peasant trips over and around a cluster of eggs. Musicians, couples drinking and embracing. Dancers in the distance.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
French
Dutch, Flemish
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY777004032-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12156346
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 23db07f0-fb29-0132-5dc1-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1600: Creator Born
  • 1640: Issued (Approximate)
  • 1676: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "[Egg dance]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1640 - 1649. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7443dc10-fb29-0132-5b70-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "[Egg dance]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7443dc10-fb29-0132-5b70-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1640 - 1649). [Egg dance] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7443dc10-fb29-0132-5b70-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia Citation

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[Egg dance]