Table bell (Orpheus)

Unknown (Italian)

Item type:

musical instrument or object

Date of creation:

early 16th century

Height:

11.7 cm  (4 5/8 in.)

Width:

7.3 cm  (2 7/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

bronze

Description

Orpheus playing bowed string instrument held on the shoulder (fiddle or lira).

Iconclass

94O51
Orpheus playing the lyre

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3994