Musikanten


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1519-1520
Technique / Medium:
woodcut on paper
Place of creation:
Augsburg

    Description

    Six men playing instruments, two angels singing, and two angels playing instruments.

    Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

    Harp [3285]
    Fiddle [3142]
    End-blown trumpet [6556] (2 played)
    Transverse flute [4093]
    Fiddle [3142] (Played by angel)
    Lute [3394] (Played by angel)
    Psaltery [3677] (trapezoidal)

    Bibliographic references

    Wegele, Ludwig. Musik in der Reichsstadt Augsburg (Augsburg: Verlag Die Brigg, 1965) 65. OCLC 1246579.

    Notes

    Illustration from 1532 German edition of Petrarca, "Von der Artzney beyder Glück" ["De remediis utriusque fortunae"] (Augsburg: Heinrich Steyner, 1532). Woodcuts originally fashioned for Grimm and Wirsung in 1519-1520.

    RIdIM record id

    1145