Musicians

Grüninger, Johann (1455-1531)

Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

15th century

Height:

8.6 cm  (3 3/8 in.)

Width:

13.5 cm  (5 5/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

woodcut on paper

Place of creation:

Deutschland

Additional titles

Description

Three shepherds tending flocks of goats, sheep, and cattle and three beehives alongside a river with a city in the background. Two of the shepherds are musicians labeled Corydon, who is carrying a pipe or recorder, and Thyrsis, who is playing a bagpipe. The third shepherd, Daphnis is holding a long stick or cudgel with a wreath on the end.

Iconclass

35
pastorals, Arcadian scenes
9
Classical Mythology and Ancient History
47I221
herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.
82A(DAPHNIS)
Daphnis (in Greek mythology a shepherd who invented pastoral poetry

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Recorder [4039]
Bagpipe [3746]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5153