The fountain of youth

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Item type:

mural

Date of creation:

1416-1426

Technique / Medium:

fresco

Place of creation:

Piemonte (Italia)

Description

This fresco can be divided into three distinct scenes: in the first, nobles, knights, clergy, elderly ladies and old merchants hasten to take the miraculous bath; in the second, immersion in the waters of the fountain brings forth smiles and long dormant amatory desires; in the third, the reacquired youth is reflected in the festivity of a feudal cortege, led by a group of musicians on horseback with trumpet and shawms.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446]
Shawm [4258] (three shawms)

RIdIM images

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Courtly paintings in the Manta Castle: King David among the heroes and heroines, and the fountain of youth", Imago Musicae 21-22 (2004-2005) 135-148.

Images of music: A cultural heritage. CD 3: Musical myths (Innsbruck, Germany: Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck, 2003)

RIdIM record id

3116