Christ and the Virgin with music-making angels

Overbeck, Johann Friedrich (1789-1869)


Item type:
drawing
Height:
36.1 cm  (14 3/16 in.)
Width:
53.7 cm  (21 1/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
graphite on paper

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Julius S. Held Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1984.3.21]

Description

Three angels singing, one from music; three other angels playing a harp, a violin, and a plucked instrument with a fantastic shape (three strings, seven pegs, fingerboard in shape of lyre and circular body).

People as subjects

Jesus Christ
St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Harp [3285]
Stringed instruments [3101] (lute/lyre hybrid)

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

1601