Ängeln Gabriel med Horn i Enhörningsjakten

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

The archangel Gabriel with a horn, from The unicorn hunt

    Item location

  • Tolfta kyrka
    Located on the north wall in the chancel.

Description

The Archangel Gabriel stands on a field of stylized flowers against a background of stars. He has a lily staff in his right hand, and in his left a slightly curved, rather long horn which seems merely to touch his lips and the tips of his fingers.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118] (no finger holes; four rings round the body of the instrument, the last being round the 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, 283. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

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

RIdIM record id

2253