Arion seated on a shell

Severo da Ravenna (active ca. 1496-ca. 1543)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

1st quarter 16th century

Height:

8.6 cm  (3 3/8 in.)

Width:

5.3 cm  (2 1/16 in.)

Depth:

4.2 cm  (1 5/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

bronze

Description

Arion, seated on a shell, bowing a string instrument (lira?). The neck of the instrument is broken off.

Iconclass

98B(ARION)
(story of) Arion

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3971