On one of the pages of the work "The Florentine Picture-Chronicle," Musaeus and Linus, two mythical musicians, are depicted. Linus is playing a musical instrument with flutes on the left, and Musaeus is singing and playing a type of lute on the right. Two Latin inscriptions, LINUS MUSICCO E POETA and MUSEUS MUSICCO E POETA, are located beneath the musicians (Linus, musician and poet, and Musaeus, musician and poet). The two musicians are dressed in Renaissance garb, while the landscape in the background is reminiscent of Tuscany.
The Florentine Picture-Chronicle is a collection of 99 drawings representing sacred and profane scenes and personages from ancient history.
Caption Renaissance etching with the musicians Musaeus and Linus
Mythic people Linos (Hero) ,Musaeus (Musician, poet, soothsayer)
Type Other
Artist/Creator Schools of Maso Finiguerra and Baccio Baldini
Origin Florence,Italy
Current position The British Museum, London
Index number 1889,0527.48
Dating 1470-1475 AD
Notes
album; drawing | British Museum
A Florentine picture-chronicle. Finiguerra, Maso, 1426-1464. fol. 52
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