Ark of the covenant

Field, Erastus Salisbury (1805-1900)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1865-1880
Height:
50.8 cm  (20 in.)
Width:
61.3 cm  (24 1/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch[Museum inv. no.: 1956.13.3]

Description

In the scene of David returning the Ark to Jerusalem, three men play curved horns and two men play cymbals.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Shofar [4131]
Cymbals [2451]

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

151