Bronze plaquette of Music

Vernon, Frédéric de (1858-1912)


Item type:
numismatic
Date of creation:
1905
Height:
6.3 cm  (2 1/2 in.)
Width:
4.7 cm  (1 7/8 in.)
82.78 grams
Technique / Medium:
bronze
Place of creation:
Paris (France)

    Item location

  • Yale University Art Gallery
    Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001[Museum inv. no.: 2001.87.28138]

Description

A small bronze plaque depicting, on one side, an image of a woman playing a kithara while seated under a tree; and on the other side, an outdoor setting with sheep, and a shepherd playing an end-blown flute while seated under a tree.

Iconclass

48CC75
making music; musician with instrument - CC - out of doors
48CC7321
lyre, cithara, psaltery - CC - out of doors
48CC7351
flute, aulos, tibea - CC - out of doors
47I221
herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]
End-blown flute [3940]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6135