Marie Död

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


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
1490-1500
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Uppland

Additional titles

The dormition of Mary

    Item location

  • Danmark kyrka
    Located in the north web of the vaulting.

Description

The central figure is the Virgin Mary lying on a bed around which the twelve apostles are grouped. The apostle furthest to the right holds a large bell suspended from a ring. The clapper is visible.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Handbell [2404] (clapper is visible)

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) 106. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2400