Ängel med Quintern

Tierp Master (active ca. 1460-1470) (attributed to)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
1448-1467
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Uppland
School:
Tierp School

Additional titles

Angel with quintern

    Item location

  • Håtuna kyrka
    Located in the northern part of the west web of the vaulting.

Description

An angel with a plectrum plays a string instrument with strongly sloping shoulders.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Gittern [3365] (round rose; between two and four discernible strings; pegbox thrown back at an angle with no visible tuning pegs.)

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) 166. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2287