Allegory of May

Cossa, Francesco del (ca.1435-ca.1477)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
1467-1470

Additional titles

The sign of Gemini (middle band)
Triumph of Apollo (upper band)

    Item location

  • Palazzo Schifanoia

Description

Woman playing a lute (upper band), and man playing a shawm (middle band). Next to Apollo, below his right arm, a partially obscured string instrument rests.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Shawm [4258]
Lute [3394]
Stringed instruments [3101] (Appears to be a plucked instrument with a carved pegbox.)

Image URLs

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Salone dei Mesi, the main hall in the Palazzo Schifanoia at Ferrara

Bibliographic references

D'Ancona, Paolo. The Schifanoia months at Ferrara, trans. Lucia Krasnik (Milan: Edizione del Milione, 1954) 51-54.

RIdIM record id

453