The Ghent altar piece

Van Eyck, Jan (ca.1390-1441)

Van Eyck, Hubert (died 1426)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1432

Height:

350.0 cm  (137 13/16 in.)

Width:

460.0 cm  (181 1/8 in.)

Description

Within this multi-panel work, two panels depict angels playing music and singing, and include an organ, viol and harp.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Organ [2266]
Viol [3597]
Harp [3285]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Ember, Ildikó. Music in painting: Music as a symbol in Renaissance and Baroque painting. Trans. by Mary and András Boros-Kazai (Budapest: Corvina, 1984) plate 7-8. ISBN 9631317234. RILM 1984-6813.

RIdIM record id

3426