The crossing of the Red Sea

Mazzolino, Ludovico (ca. 1480-ca. 1530)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1521
Height:
125.0 cm  (49 3/16 in.)
Width:
157.0 cm  (61 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

Additional titles

Pharaoh and his host overwhelmed in the Red Sea

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI. 666]

Description

Two flageolet players and a drummer can be seen among the crowd of Israelites on the right hand side of the painting.

People as subjects

Moses (Biblical leader)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Flageolet [3946]
Drum [2585]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Boydell, Barra. Music and paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985) 48-49. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2936