Davids Triumf med Triangel och Handklockor

Unknown (Swedish)


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

Additional titles

David's triumph with triangle and handbells

    Item location

  • Ekeby kyrka
    Located on the east web of the vaulting.

Description

David stands on the left carrying a sword and Goliath's head. To the right are the daughters of Israel, five women, only the front three of whom can be seen clearly. The woman farthest to the right holds in her left hand a triangle with four rattle-rings, and in her right a beater with which she strikes the bottom of the triangle. The woman next to David greets him with handbells, one in each hand, mouth up.

People as subjects

David, King of Israel
Goliath (Biblical giant)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle (with rings) (4 rings)
Handbell [2404] (no clappers 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) 124. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2423