Valvängel med Droppformat 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 drop-shaped plucked instrument

    Item location

  • Tierp kyrka
    Located on the southern part of the west web of the chancel vaulting.

Description

An angel plays a plucked instrument, the neck of which flows gently into the body. It is being played with a long, thin plectrum held between the thumb and forefinger of the angel's left hand.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Gittern [3365] (pegbox set at an angle with at least three visible pegs; drop-shaped with four strings.)

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) 280-81. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2329