Ängel med Lutliknande Knäppinstrument

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

Angel with a lute-like instrument

    Item location

  • Tierp kyrka
    Located on the northern part of the east web of chancel vaulting.

Description

An angel plays a lute-like instrument with a plectrum, held between the thumb and index finger.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394] (oval body with clear demarcation between neck and body; pegbox thrown back at an angle; five strings can be seen but it is not easy to decide how many tuning pegs there are.)

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) 276-77. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2312