Ängel med Trumpetinstrument

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 trumpet instrument

    Item location

  • Valö kyrka
    Located in the southern part of the east web of the vaulting; one of seven musical motifs painted in the chancel.

Description

The angel holds a trumpet in his left hand. The instrument is held away from his body with the bell uppermost.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446] (s-shaped and rather thick; seven rings can be seen round the tube.)

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. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

Formerly attributed to Anders Martinsson (Andreas Martini).

RIdIM record id

2220