The Paradise

Ferrari, Gaudenzio (ca. 1475-1546)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
1534-1536
Technique / Medium:
fresco
Place of creation:
Saronno (Italia)

Additional titles

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
The Concert of Angels

    Item location

  • Santuario della Beata Vergine dei Miracoli (Saronno, Italia)
    Ceiling mural on the dome.

Description

Amongst other angel musicians, an angel plays a triangle next to an angel playing the hurdy-gurdy.

Iconclass

11F5
48C7344(TRIANGLE)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle [3005]
Hurdy-gurdy [3305]
Lute [3394]
Tabor pipe and tabor
Aulos [4173]
Tambourine [2746]
End-blown flute [3940]
Psaltery (trapezoidal)
Shawm [4258]
Portative organ [2267]
Organ [2266]
Harp [3285]
Viola [3561]
Violoncello [3582]
Lute [3394]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Berry, Mark. Index of triangle iconography (Bowling Green, Kentucky: Living Sound Publications, 2017).

RIdIM record id

11394

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