The construction of the temple of Jerusalem

Pesellino, Francesco (probably born 1422, died 1457)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1445
Height:
53.5 cm  (21 1/16 in.)
Width:
60.3 cm  (23 3/4 in.)
Frame dimensions: 61 x 67.2 cm
Technique / Medium:
tempera on panel

    Item location

  • Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum
    Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts[Museum inv. no.: 1916.495]

Description

King David is playing psalter while a group of men are constructing the temple of Jerusalem, including one man laying bricks, one carrying building materials, a third man receiving wooden boards, and a fourth passing wooden boards.

People as subjects

David, King of Israel (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Psaltery [3677] (sixteen strings)

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Paintings in the Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1919) 62-64.

RIdIM record id

1267