Davids Triumf med Triangel och Lutliknande Knäppinstrument

Unknown (Swedish)

Item type:

mural

Date of creation:

1500-1515

Technique / Medium:

mural al secco

Place of creation:

Uppland

School:

Tierp School

Additional titles

Description

David holds a sword in his right hand and the head of Goliath in his left. He is welcomed by the Daughters of Israel, two women, the foremost of whom is of nobler birth and wears a crown on her head. With the beater she holds in her right hand she strikes the inside left corner of a triangle with three rattle-rings which hangs from a ring on the index finger of her left hand. The woman behind her holds an instrument with a rounded body resembling a lute, which she plays without a plectrum.

People as subjects

David, King of Israel

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle (with rings) (3 rings)
Lute [3394] (with four strings attached to a bridge and, under the woman's left hand, a round soundhole can be glimpsed; the pegbox is hidden by the woman in front.)

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) 131-32. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

The original for this motif is to be found in the Biblia Pauperum, where the triangle is suspended from a string.

RIdIM record id

2425