Virgin with the Child, saints and angels

Cane, Ottaviano (ca. 1495-ca. 1576)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1523
Height:
170.0 cm  (66 15/16 in.)
Width:
151.0 cm  (59 7/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
tempera on wood
Place of creation:
Piemonte (Italia)
School:
Vercellese School

    Item location

  • Galleria Sabauda (Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: 241]formerly in the Monastery of the Dominicans of Trino (Piedmont)

Description

The Virgin and the Child, under a baldachin, are portrayed in the company of the saints John the Baptist with the lamb and Lucy; at the foot of the throne and above are four angels, one holding a bow for the depicted lirone.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ
St. John the Baptist
St. Lucy (died 304)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lirone [3183]

RIdIM images


Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. Iconografia musicale nei musei torinesi (Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana (LIM), 2003) 43-44. ISBN 887096373X. RILM 2003-08617.

RIdIM record id

3111