Muses

Limosin, Jean, II (active early 17th century)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
early 17th century
Height:
8.6 cm  (3 3/8 in.)
Width:
14.2 cm  (5 9/16 in.)
Depth:
14.2 cm  (5 9/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
painted enamel on copper

Additional titles

Salt dish

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1972.170.1]

Description

Around the base of the salt dish are depictions of a woman playing cymbals, men playing a lyre and a bass shawm, and men holding a straight trumpet and a curved cornetto.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Cymbals [2451]
Lyre [3501]
Shawm [4258] (bass)
Trumpet [4446]
Cornet [3860] (curved)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

2142