Man med Säckpipa

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

Man with a bagpipe

    Item location

  • Tolfta kyrka
    Located on the western part of the south web of vaulting.

Description

Three people stand beside each other. The figure in the middle has a nimbus; on his right-hand side there is an angel with a banderole, and on his left, a man playing a bagpipe. He holds the bag under his right arm and has both hands round the chanter. A drone can be seen on his right shoulder.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746] (cylindrical chanter with a flared opening)

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, 282-83. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

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

RIdIM record id

2248