Dansen Kring Guldkalven

Unknown (Swedish)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
ca. 1625
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Uppland

Additional titles

The worship of the golden calf

    Item location

  • Edsbro kyrka
    Located on the south wall.

Description

In the foreground, eight figures are grouped round the main motif: the golden calf on top of a high pedestal standing on an altar. The four figures in front are on their knees with their hands raised in adoration. The other four are behind the altar holding hands as though dancing.

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) 115-16. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2410