Ängel med Harpa och Ängel med Stråkinstrument

Eghil (active ca. 1470-1500)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
ca. 1500-1520
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Tolfta

Additional titles

Angel with a harp and angel with a bowed instrument

    Item location

  • Tolfta kyrka
    Located on the vaulting to the southeast.

Description

Angel with a harp and angel with a bowed instrument, possibly a rebec.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285] (straight resonator, convex forepillar, and concave neck; at least one of the tuning pins can be discerned; nine visible strings run between resonator and neck.)
Rebec [3202] (broad, drop-shaped body with a round rose and a neck that flows gently into the body; six strings; pegbox is sickle-shaped and has six lateral pegs, three on each side.)

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) 45-46, 285-86. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

"Eghil" is used as an anonymous artist distinction rather than a specific man's name.

RIdIM record id

2229