Virgin with the Child, saints and angels

Ferrari, Defendente (active ca. 1500-1535)

Spanzotti, Giovanni Martino (active by 1480, died 1526 or 1536)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

before 1507

Height:

245.0 cm  (96 7/16 in.)

Width:

177.0 cm  (69 11/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on wood

Place of creation:

Piemonte (Italia)

School:

Piedmontese School

Description

In the central panel of the polyptich, the Virgin is nursing the Child and two angels seated on the back of the throne are playing lute and rebec. In the side wings are the saints Orso, Crispino, Crispiniano and Teobaldo. In the first predella, episodes from the life of Christ; in the second one, episodes from the life of the saints Crispino and Crispiniano.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin) (Non-musician/dancer)
Jesus Christ (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Ursus of Aosta (6th century) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Crispin (3rd century) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Crispinian (3rd century) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Theobald of Provins (1017-1066) (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Rebec [3202]
Lute [3394]

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

3062