Herde med horn i Bebådelsen för Joakim

Eghil (active ca. 1470-1500)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
ca. 1500-1520
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Tolfta

Additional titles

Shepherd with horn, from The vision of Joachim

    Item location

  • Tolfta kyrka
    Located on the east wall of the chancel, to the north of the window.

Description

On the right, a herdsman sits with a staff in his right hand. In his left hand he holds a richly decorated horn, at the point of which a mouthpiece can clearly be seen.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118]

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) 45-46, 283. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

"Eghil" is used as an anonymous artist distinction rather than a specific man's name.

RIdIM record id

2260