Virgin with the Child, saints, angels and a donor

Gandolfino d'Asti (active 1493-1510)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1516
Height:
193.0 cm  (76 in.)
Width:
134.0 cm  (52 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
tempera on wood
Place of creation:
Piemonte (Italia)
School:
Piedmontese School

    Item location

  • Cattedrale Santa Maria Assunta (Asti)
    formerly Asti, Church of San Giovanni

Description

The Virgin and the Child are surrounded by the saints John the Baptist, Peter, Paul, John the Evangelist and a donor; an angel lutenist is sittng at the foot of the throne, while four others (2 singers, a shawm player and a viola da braccio player) make music in Heaven.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ
St. John the Baptist
St. Peter
St. Paul
St. John the Apostle

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Viola [3561]
Shawm [4258]
Lute [3394]

Musical works

illegible music notation

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

3070