Ängel med Lutliknande Knäppinstrument

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 lute-like instrument

    Item location

  • Tolfta kyrka
    Located on the vaulting to the northwest.

Description

An angel plays a lute-like instrument with a plectrum.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394] (broad, drop-shaped body and a neck with a pegbox thrown back at an angle; it has a rose, six strings, and eight visible tuning pegs; four frets can be seen; the angel's right hand and some cracks obscure any string holder the instrument may have.)

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, 286. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

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

RIdIM record id

2245