Valvängel med Portativ

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 portative

    Item location

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

Description

An angel plays a portative organ, held in his right hand, which operates the bellows at the same time.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Portative organ [2267] (nine pipes are visible in one row)

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) 281. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2330