Casket: Scenes from the story of Joseph

Courteys, Pierre (ca. 1520-ca. 1586)


Item type:
furniture
Date of creation:
16th century
Height:
23.5 cm  (9 1/4 in.)
Width:
27.0 cm  (10 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
enamel on copper with later wood frame

    Item location

  • Frick Collection
    [Museum inv. no.: 1916.4.32]

Description

On the front of the lid, Joseph, in Pharaoh's chariot, is borne in a triumphal procession. Two of the men proceeding him play musical instruments, one a large coiled horn, the other a folded trumpet.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118]
Trumpet [4446]

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

1775