Virgin with the Child, saints and angels

Gandolfino d'Asti (active 1493-1510)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1500-1510

Height:

503.0 cm  (198 1/16 in.)

Width:

365.0 cm  (143 11/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on wood

Place of creation:

Piemonte (Italia)

School:

Piedmontese School

Description

In the central board of the polyptich: the Virgin and the Child with angel musicians; in the lower boards of the wings are the saints Biagio, Peter, Paul and John the Baptist; in the upper boards, the saints Justine, Stephen, Chiara and a bishop; in the side boards, the Annunciation; in the lunette, Pietà; in the predella, portraits of saints.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ
St. Peter
St. Paul
St. John the Baptist
St. Blaise (died approx. 316)
St. Justina of Padua (died 304)
St. Stephen (died ca. 36 CE)
St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Shawm [4258]
Tambourine [2746]
Rebec [3202]
Bagpipe [3746]
Lute [3394]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Gandolfino, Macrino, e Defendente nelle sacre conversazioni piemontesi tra la fine del Quattrocento e l'inizio del Cinquecento", Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana 29/2 (1995) 286-296. RILM 1996-7204.

RIdIM record id

3066