Virgin with the Child, saints and angels

Gandolfino d'Asti (active 1493-1510)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1496

Height:

480.0 cm  (189 in.)

Width:

337.0 cm  (132 11/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on wood

Place of creation:

Piemonte (Italia)

Description

The Virgin and the Child are portrayed with the saints Catherine, Agatha, Augustine and Secondo. Three angel musicians sitting on the steps of the throne play rebec, lute and shawm.

People as subjects

St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354-430)
St. Agatha of Sicily (died ca. 250)
St. Secondo of Asti (died 119)
St. Catherine of Alexandria (ca. 282-ca. 305)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Rebec [3202]
Lute [3394]
Shawm [4258]

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.

RIdIM record id

3005