Ängel med Blåsinstrument och Ängel med Triangel

Roslag Master (active late 15th century)


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

Additional titles

Angel with wind instrument and angel with triangle

    Item location

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

Description

On the left, an angel plays a markedly curved and conical wind instrument. To the right, an angel holds a triangle hanging from a ring slipped over his left thumb while he strikes it with a beater held in his right hand.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118] (with possible finger holes)
Triangle (with rings) (3 rings)

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

2357