Pegasus and the muses

Romanino (ca. 1484 - after 1562) (attributed to)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1540

Height:

38.0 cm  (14 15/16 in.)

Width:

115.4 cm  (45 7/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on wood

Description

Pegasus is standing in the center of the painting on a rock and is surrounded by the singing and playing muses and male friends, all in European dress. In the background stand a small group of women. According to the National Gallery, the painting was probably intended to be part of a piece of furniture, perhaps the lid of a musical instrument.

Iconclass

92D41
the Muses acting together (as group)
93D21
Hippocrene (fountain of Mount Helicon), produced when Pegasus' hoof struck the ground

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fiddle [3142]
Recorder [4039] (end-blown wind instrument, appears to be a recorder)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4723