Marie Kröning med lutspelande Ängel

Unknown (Swedish)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
1470
Technique / Medium:
carved and painted wood
Place of creation:
Stockholm

Additional titles

The coronation of the Virgin with an angel playing a lute

    Item location

  • Boglösa kyrka
    Located on the upper part of the central panel of the triptych.

Description

The angel on the right of God the Father plays a lute which he plucks with the fingers of his right hand. Judging by the position of the hands, the angel on the other side, next to Christ, probably also held some sort of instrument.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394] (neck is completely hidden; part of bridge can perhaps be seen above the angel's right hand.)

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) 94. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2388