Man med Horn

Unknown (Swedish)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
1515-1525
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Uppland

Additional titles

Man with a horn

    Item location

  • Ekeby kyrka
    Located on the south spandrel of the west web of the vaulting.

Description

A figure dressed in a dark cape with a hood is blowing a long horn that he holds in both hands. His right hand grasps the instrument high up while his left appears to be supporting it.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118] (no visible finger holes)

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) 123. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2421