Enhörningsjakten

Örjan the painter (active ca. 1520-1530)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
1520-1530
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Valö (Sverige)

Additional titles

The unicorn hunt

    Item location

  • Valö kyrka
    Located in the eastern part of the north web; one of seven musical motifs painted in the chancel.

Description

The Archangel Gabriel blows his horn during the unicorn hunt. The horn is thick and slightly curved. It is richly decorated with light colored ornamentation on a dark background. A banderole emerges from its opening.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118] (curved, decorated)

Bibliographic references

Barth Magnus, Ingebjørg and Birgit Kjellström. Musikmotiv i svensk kyrkokonst: Uppland fram till 1625 = Musical Motifs in Swedish Church Art: The Region of Uppland up to 1625. Trans. by Michael Stevens (Stockholm: Svenska RIdIM-kommittén; Statens musiksamlingar, 1993) 304-05. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

Formerly attributed to Anders Martinsson (Andreas Martini).

RIdIM record id

2214