Adoration of the Child with saints, angels and a donor

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

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1505

Height:

200.0 cm  (78 3/4 in.)

Width:

136.0 cm  (53 9/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on wood

Place of creation:

Piemonte (Italia)

School:

Piedmontese School

Description

The Virgin and St. Joseph worshipping the Child are portrayed in company of the saints John the Baptist, Jeronimus and Solutore, the donor (Amedeo from Romagnano) and four putti holding the symbols of the Passion. Below the circular vault is an angel singing and two others playing lute and rebec.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin) (Non-musician/dancer)
Jesus Christ (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Joseph (born late 1st century BCE, died 1st century CE) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. John the Baptist (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Solutor (died ca. 284 AD) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Jerome (ca. 342-420) (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Rebec [3202]

Musical works

illegible music notation

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

2973