Kung David

Unknown (Swedish)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
ca. 1450
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Uppland
School:
Mälar Valley School

Additional titles

King David

    Item location

  • Håbo-Tibble kyrka
    Located on the northern part of the east wall.

Description

King David, with a crown on his head, plays a harp against a floral background.

People as subjects

David, King of Israel

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285] (The instrument has a concave neck while the resonator and the forepillar are slightly convex.)

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) 157. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2535