The adoration of the Eucharist

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1626
Height:
31.8 cm  (12 1/2 in.)
Width:
31.8 cm  (12 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

Additional titles

The triumph of the Eucharist

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1937.1012]

Description

Two panels show groups of angel musicians. The group in the left panel includes angels playing a lute and a viol, as well as putti with an open book. The group in the right panel includes angels playing a lute, a folded trumpet, and a shawm.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Viol [3597]
Shawm [4258]
Trumpet [4446]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 5 (87pa77). RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

2007