The dance of Salomé

Predis, Cristoforo de (ca. 1440-before 1486)

Item type:

miniature

Date of creation:

1476

Technique / Medium:

tempera on parchment

Place of creation:

Milano

School:

Lombard school

Description

During the banquet of Herodes, the young Salome dances for the guests, while two musicians play lute and harp.

People as subjects

Salome (Biblical figure) (ca. 14-ca. 62)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Harp [3285]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Riflessi della Milano musicale sforzesca nel codice Varia 124 della Biblioteca Reale di Torino", Music in Art 33/1-2 (2008) 30-37. RILM 2008-06212.

Santarelli, Cristina. “Iconografia musicale nei codici miniati delle biblioteche torinesi”, Miscellanea di studi (Istituto per i beni musicali in Piemonte) 6 (2006) 25-45.

RIdIM record id

3261