Adoration of the Child with saints and angels

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

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1508

Height:

154.0 cm  (60 5/8 in.)

Width:

138.0 cm  (54 5/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on wood

Place of creation:

Piemonte (Italia)

School:

Piedmontese School

Description

The Virgin, and the saints Joseph, Nicholas from Tolentino, Augustine and Jerome adore the Child; in the sky, three angels make music with lute and rebec. In the background are classical ruins in a landscape.

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. Nicholas of Tolentino (1245-1305) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Jerome (ca. 342-420) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354-430) (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Rebec [3202]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

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

2974