Klingande Klockor och Harpospel i Davids Triumf

Albertus Pictor (ca. 1440-after 1509)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
ca. 1480
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Uppland

Additional titles

David's triumph with the sound of harp and bell

    Item location

  • Husby-Sjutolft kyrka
    Located on the west wall.

Description

A group of elegantly dressed women, the Daughters of Israel, have gathered to greet the returning David with music and song. The foremost holds a handbell in either hand. At the extreme right of the painting there is a woman playing a harp which is suspended from a belt round her waist .

People as subjects

David, King of Israel

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Handbell [2404] (two bells; mouths are turned up with clapper visible)
Harp [3285]

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) 154-55. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2533