Ängel med Harpa och Ängel med Skalmeja

Roslag Master (active late 15th century) (attributed to)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
after 1469
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Uppland

Additional titles

Angel with harp and angel with shawm

    Item location

  • Hållnäs kyrka
    Located to the northeast on the vaulting of the chancel.

Description

On the right, an angel plays a slightly conical wind instrument with a somewhat flared opening. It could be a cornett or shawm. On the left, an angel plays a harp.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Shawm [4258]
Harp [3285] (slightly curved neck, gently curved forepillar and a large resonator with spots which could be interpreted as soundholes; no strings can be seen, but between four and six tuning pins on the neck can possibly be discerned.)

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) 162-63. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2356