Saint Cecilia

Vignali, Jacopo (1592-1664)

Cignani, Carlo (1628-1719) (formerly attributed to)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
17th century
Height:
140.0 cm  (55 1/8 in.)
Width:
145.0 cm  (57 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI. 183]

Description

St. Cecilia is shown playing a harpsichord in concert with two angels. The angel on the left sings from opened music while the angel on the right plays a theorbo.

People as subjects

St. Cecilia

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Theorbo [3473] (six lower bass strings off the fingerboard and presumably attached to a second pegbox (not visible). The main pegbox has twelve pegs representing six double courses.)
Harpsichord [2251] (with single manual, resting on a table rather than its own legs; beside it lies a tuning key.)

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Boydell, Barra. Music and paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985) 54. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2546