Virgin with the Child, St. Anne and angels

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

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1510

Place of creation:

Piemonte (Italia)

School:

Piedmontese School

Description

The Virgin with the Child is portrayed in company of her mother, St. Anne, and two musician angels sitting on the back of the throne, playing rebec and lute.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Anne (Non-musician/dancer)
Jesus Christ (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Rebec [3202]
Lute [3394]

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.

Santarelli, Cristina. Iconografia musicale nei musei torinesi (Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana (LIM), 2003) 109-111. ISBN 887096373X. RILM 2003-08617.

RIdIM record id

3064