Coronation of the Virgin

Ferrari, Defendente (active ca. 1500-1535)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1525-1530
Height:
215.0 cm  (84 5/8 in.)
Width:
140.0 cm  (55 1/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
tempera on wood
Place of creation:
Piemonte (Italia)
School:
Piedmontese School

    Item location

  • Museo Civico d'Arte Antica (Palazzo Madama, Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: 486]formerly Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Turin

Description

The Virgin, surrounded by twelve angel musicians, is crowned by Christ and God the Father; at her foot, ten angels in prayer.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Frame drum [2598]
Harp [3285]
Recorder [4039] (2 recorders)
Lira da braccio [3181]
Lute [3394]
Trumpet [4446] (6 trumpets)

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

3072