Måltidsscen med Fragment av Tre Blåsinstrument

Unknown (Swedish)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
ca. 1460
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Estuna
School:
Mälar Valley School

Additional titles

Banquet scene with fragments of three wind instruments

    Item location

  • Estuna kyrka
    Located in the third bay of the knave; part of a suite of pictures depicting the story of the Prodigal Son.

Description

The painting depicts a feast at which five people are seated round a table. Fragments of wind instruments, one above the other, can be seen at the right-hand end of the table. Only the flared openings of the two lower instruments remain, while the upper one also shows part of a cylindrical tube. All three instruments are held horizontally.

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) 129. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2273