Bebådelsen för Herdarna

Unknown (Swedish)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
late 15th century
Technique / Medium:
carved and painted wood
Place of creation:
Uppland

Additional titles

The angel's announcement to the shepherds

    Item location

  • Husby-Långhundra kyrka
    Located on the lower part of the left wing panel of the triptych.

Description

In the left hand top corner of the scene an angel announces good tidings, and on the ground below there are two shepherds and eight sheep. One of the shepherds, in the middle, lifts his hat in greeting while the other blows a horn which he holds with a firm grip in his right hand. There are no visible finger holes.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118]

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) 152. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2507