Ängel med Harpa

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

Angel with a harp

    Item location

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

Description

The angel holds a harp in his right hand but does not play it. The resonator, forepillar, and neck are remarkably narrow and slightly curved, the resonator and neck being concave and the forepillar convex.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285] (10 barely discernible strings, but no visible tuning pins)

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) 308-09. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

Formerly attributed to Anders Martinsson (Andreas Martini).

RIdIM record id

2215