Marias Upptagning till Himlen

Rosenrod, Johannes (active ca. 1435-1440)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
1437
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Tensta, Sverige

Additional titles

The assumption

    Item location

  • Tensta kyrka
    Located on the north wall.

Description

Large parts of the motif were destroyed when the wall was later pierced for a new window, but to the right of the window one can see Mary being received by God the Father, who is seated on a stylized cloud. On their right is an angel playing a harp with two long and one short, curved side.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285] (15 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) 271. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2336