Assumption and coronation of the Virgin with saints and angels

Gandolfino d'Asti (active 1493-1510)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1493

Height:

255.0 cm  (100 3/8 in.)

Width:

227.0 cm  (89 3/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on wood

Place of creation:

Piemonte (Italia)

School:

Piedmontese School

Description

The altarpiece features two different scenes: in the central panel, the Assumption of the Virgin, in the cyma, the Coronation; in the lateral wings are the saints Apollonia, John the Baptist, Louis, Catherine, Bonaventura, John the Evangelist, Francis of Assisi and Lucy. Angelic concerts are made with rebec and lute.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
St. Apollonia
St. John the Baptist
St. Louis (1214-1270)
St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
St. Bonaventure (ca. 1217-1274)
St. John the Apostle
St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
St. Lucy (died 304)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Rebec [3202]

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

2975