Enhörningsjakten med den Hornblåsande Ängeln Gabriel

Tierp Master (active ca. 1460-1470)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
ca. 1460-1470
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Uppland
School:
Tierp School

Additional titles

The unicorn hunt showing the archangel Gabriel sounding a horn

    Item location

  • Tierp kyrka
    Located on the north wall.

Description

Gabriel blows a dark, conical and strongly curved horn, probably an animal's. Above the horn, the remains of a banderole can be seen.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118]

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) 275-76. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2307