The immaculate conception

Grammorseo, Pietro (active 1523-1533)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1513
Height:
177.0 cm  (69 11/16 in.)
Width:
80.0 cm  (31 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI. 771]

Description

The virgin kneels in prayer, surrounded by clouds and cherubs. At her feet two angel musicians play stringed instruments; the angel on the left, a lira da braccio; the angel on the right, a rebec.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181] (with three melody strings, three corresponding pegs on the pegbox, and a drone string running beside the fingerboard.)
Rebec [3202] (decorated, with a carved animal head; pear-shaped, three strings)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Boydell, Barra. Music and paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985) 46-48. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2919