Plate with King David and musical instruments

Unknown (Swiss)

Item type:

vessel

Date of creation:

ca. 1600

Diameter:

30.0 cm  (11 13/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

paint on glazed pottery

Place of creation:

Schweiz

Description

In the middle: King David playing a gothic harp (24 strings). Border: violoncello (4 strings) and bow, lute (upside down), schematic organ with 10 pipes, violin and bow. Next to David: "Ps: 147.", referring to Psalm 147: "Laudate Dominum".

People as subjects

David, King of Israel

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285] (gothic)
Violoncello [3582]
Lute [3394]
Organ [2266] (schematic)
Violin [3573]
Bow [2207]

RIdIM images

Notes

Research Project Hochschule Luzern-Musik, Switzerland (Antonio Baldassarre, Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser, Dorothea Baumann)

RIdIM record id

4455