Virgin with the Child, saints and angels

Macrino d'Alba (active 1495-1515, died before 1528)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1498

Height:

350.0 cm  (137 13/16 in.)

Width:

293.0 cm  (115 3/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on wood

Place of creation:

Piemonte (Italia)

School:

Piedmontese School

Description

The Virgin Mary with the Child and the saints John the Baptist, James, Jeronimus and Hugh are listening to a double concert: two angels sitting on the steps of the throne play lute and rebec; two smaller angels flying above hold pipe and tabor and a sinuous trumpet.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin) (Non-musician/dancer)
Jesus Christ (Non-musician/dancer)
St. John the Baptist (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Rebec [3202]
Tabor pipe [6689]
Trumpet [4446]
Side drum [2729]

RIdIM images

Bibliographic references

Images of music: A cultural heritage. CD 1: Sacred music (Innsbruck, Germany: Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck, 2003).

Santarelli, Cristina. "Il motivo degli angeli musicanti nella pittura piemontese pre-gaudenziana", Le immagini della musica: Atti del seminario di iconografia musicale, metodi e pratica di catalogazione di materiali aventi rilevanza per la storia della arti e delle musica, ed. by Francesca Zannini (Roma: Palombi, 1996) 35-44. RILM 1996-7274.

RIdIM record id

2969