Kung David med Harpan

Master Gielisz (active ca. 1515)

Master of the Antwerp Crucifixion (active ca. 1520)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
ca. 1515
Technique / Medium:
painted and gilded wood
Place of creation:
Antwerpen
School:
Antwerp Mannerism

Additional titles

King David with harp

    Item location

  • Valö kyrka
    Center of the triptych.

Description

King David holds a sceptre in his left hand and a harp in his right, half concealed in its case.

People as subjects

David, King of Israel

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285] (half concealed, seven strings can be seen)

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) 309-10. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

Anonymous Master of the Antwerp Crucifixion may be Adriaen van Overbeke, grouped by Max Friedländer with the Antwerp Mannerists. He may have run the workshop where Master Gielisz was a wood carver.

RIdIM record id

2221