Chaste Dances Are Allowable but Shameful Are to be Detested

About the Artwork

Title Chaste Dances Are Allowable but Shameful Are to be Detested

Artwork Date late 17th or early 18th century

Artist Gerard de Lairesse

Life Dates 1641-1711

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Flemish

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Etching and engraving in ink on laid paper

Dimensions Plate: 13 5/8 × 23 inches (34.6 × 58.4 cm) Sheet: 18 3/4 × 25 inches (47.6 × 63.5 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S669

Copyright Public Domain