Le Couronnement de la Vierge

Machiavelli, Zanobi di Jacopo (1418 or 1419-1479)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1474
Height:
164.0 cm  (64 9/16 in.)
Width:
165.0 cm  (64 15/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
painted wood (poplar)

    Item location

  • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
    [Museum inv. no.: CA 31 ; inv. 364 (ancien n° Louvre) ; 31 (Cat. 1883) ; 70 (Cat. peint. italiennes 1980) ; MR 335 ]

Description

An angel plays triangle among other angel musicians, surrounding the Madonna in a coronation scene. The corners of the triangle are noticeably pointed.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)

Iconclass

11F
48C7344(TRIANGLE)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle [3005]
Tambourine [2746]
Cymbals, small
Tabor pipe and tabor
Lute [3394]
Flute [3955]
Viol [3597]
Cornamusa [4188]
Trumpet [4446]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

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

RIdIM record id

13511

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