Jesu Födelse med Två Dansande Herdar Varav en Spelar Säckpipa

Albertus Pictor (ca. 1440-after 1509) (workshop of)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
late 15th century
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Tensta, Sverige

Additional titles

The birth of Christ, with one shepherd playing a bagpipe and one dancing

    Item location

  • Tensta kyrka
    Located on the south wall.

Description

The Virgin Mary kneels, her hands folded in prayer, in front of a building, probably a stable. On her left-hand side can be seen fragments of another figure, a head with a beard, presumably Joseph. Behind him, two shepherds dance, the one on the left playing a bagpipe.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Joseph

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746] (conical chanter; two drones of different lengths)

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) 272. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2338