Virgin with the Child, saints, angels and two donors

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

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1501

Height:

143.0 cm  (56 5/16 in.)

Width:

121.0 cm  (47 5/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on wood

Place of creation:

Piemonte (Italia)

School:

Piedmontese School

Description

The Virgin Mary and the Child are portrayed in company of the saints Francis and Thomas from Aquino, two givers and angels; two angels, sitting on the steps of the throne, make music with rebec and bagpipe, the other two crown the Virgin.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin) (Non-musician/dancer)
Jesus Christ (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Thomas of Aquinas (1225?-1274) (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Rebec [3202]
Bagpipe [3746]

RIdIM images

Bibliographic references

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.

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

RIdIM record id

2971