Marie Kröning med Musicerande Änglar
Albertus Pictor (ca. 1440-after 1509) (workshop of)
Item type:muralDate of creation:late 15th centuryTechnique / Medium:mural al seccoPlace of creation:UpplandAdditional titles
The coronation of the Virgin with angels playing instruments
Item location
- Almunge Kyrka
Located in the east web of the chancel vaulting.
Description
Christ and the Virgin Mary are flanked by two angels, the one nearest Mary playing a lute. The other angel plays a fiddle.
People as subjects
St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ
Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)
Lute [3394] (round body and a neck with the pegbox thrown back at an angle; central soundhole; seven strings and seven visible tuning pegs; no frets are visible; the lute is played with a plectrum)
Fiddle [3142] (guitar-shaped body; 3-4 strings, a bridge, tailpiece and flat pegboard with three visible rear-sagittal tuning pegs; no visible soundholes; played with a thick, arched bow held a ways up from the end of the stick.)
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) 84. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.
RIdIM record id
2361