The pavane is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century.
A Pavane, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897
At the royal court of Henry III of France: Anne de Joyeuse and his wife Marguerite de Vaudémont-Lorraine, dancing a pavane. Left under the canopy the king and his mother Catherine de' Medici, to the right of her Queen Louise. The musicians on the right side. (c. 1581)
The Pavane in F♯ minor, Op. 50, is a short work by the French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. It was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré's version for orchestra and optional
Pavane
…More recent works titled "pavane" often have a deliberately archaic mood. Examples include: Pavane (1887) by Gabriel Fauré, a modern version of the Renaissance genre. Tears and Pavan (1973) by The Strawbs…
The Ballets Russes presentation of Las Meninas, danced to Fauré's Pavane