id: 118035 accession number: 1939.158 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.158 updated: 2023-03-07 15:13:27.475000 Shepherds in a Round Dance, around 1500. Netherlands, early 16th century. Tapestry weave: wool and silk; overall: 360.5 x 401.1 cm (141 15/16 x 157 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection 1939.158 title: Shepherds in a Round Dance title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: around 1500 creation date earliest: 1500 creation date latest: 1525 current location: creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection copyright: --- culture: Netherlands, early 16th century technique: tapestry weave: wool and silk department: Textiles collection: Textiles type: Tapestry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 360.5 x 401.1 cm (141 15/16 x 157 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Chateau d'Effiat. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Late-medieval tapestries often use a limited yet contrasting color palette to portray stylized images. The expressions of these figures, for example, are conveyed more by their postures than by their faces. Four shepherds and shepherdesses join hands and dance to the music of a bagpiper at the far right, while a lord and two ladies on the left look on. A dog and sheep amidst blossoming plants and trees contribute to the festive pastoral scene in front of a castle. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.158/1939.158_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.158/1939.158_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.158/1939.158_full.tif