Ängel som Spelar på Stråkinstrument med Asymmetrisk Form

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 playing an asymmetrical bowed instrument

    Item location

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

Description

An angel plays a small bowed instrument of asymmetric form: one side of the body is drop-shaped and flows into the neck in a gentle curve while on the other side there is a clear demarcation between neck and body.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fiddle [3142] (neck is broad and short, ending in a rounded pegboard thrown back at a slight angle; round soundhole and four strings; played with a small, light bow held in the left hand near the neck.)

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) 280. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2327