En Ringare

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

A bell-ringer

    Item location

  • Husby-Sjutolft kyrka
    Located in the westernmost bay of the nave, the west wall of the staircase.

Description

A man rings a bell which is a little above and to the right of him. He is obviously making great effort for his right knee is bent and both of his hands grip the thick rope.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bell [2381] (no clapper is visible)

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) 156. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2534