Fabelscen med hornblåsande ekorre

Rosenrod, Johannes (active ca. 1435-1440)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1437
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Tensta, Sverige

Additional titles

Fable scene with a squirrel blowing a horn

    Item location

  • Tensta kyrka
    Located on the north web of the vaulting.

Description

A squirrel blows a curved horn, held in its left paw, while seated on the back of a donkey.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118] (played by a squirrel; curved and conical with a band of darker colour round the opening.)

Bibliographic references

Barth Magnus, Ingebjørg and Birgit Kjellström. Musikmotiv i svensk kyrkokonst: Uppland fram till 1625 = Musical Motifs in Swedish Church Art: The Region of Uppland up to 1625. Trans. by Michael Stevens (Stockholm: Svenska RIdIM-kommittén; Statens musiksamlingar, 1993) 273. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

1365