Bedridden figures (including King David on a day bed below) illustrating the Psalms from an illuminated psalter on parchment in Stuttgart library, 10th century. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1879. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck and published by Heinrich Keller. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

---

Size: 4484px × 6012px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 10th, 17th, 1879, ages, alteneck, appliances, archaeologist, art, artworks, bed, century, chromolithograph, costumes, curator, david, drawn, fashion, figure, frankfurt, german, hefner, heinrich, historian, iillustration, illuminated, illustrator, jakob, keller, king, lamp, library, lithograph, mattress, middle, museum, parchment, psalms, psalter, sleep, stuttgart