Allegory of music

Unknown (Italian)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

ca. 1500

Height:

11.5 cm  (4 1/2 in.)

Width:

7.1 cm  (2 13/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

bronze

Place of creation:

Venezia (Italia)

Description

Apollo holding curved horn. Surrounding him are cymbals, lyre, two shawms (?), trumpet marine, lira da braccio, jingle ring, syrinx, and an S-shaped trumpet.

Iconclass

92B37
specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Apollo; Apollo as patron
92B373
Apollo playing the lyre, Apollo Citharoedus

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Cymbals [2451]
Lyre [3501]
Syrinx [4084]
Shawm [4258]
Lira da braccio [3181]
Trumpet marine [3519]
Jingle [2873]
Trumpet (S-shaped)
Horn (curved, small)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3985