Saint Cecilia with angel musicians

Caccia, Orsola Maddalena (1596-1676)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

before 1676

Height:

101.0 cm  (39 3/4 in.)

Width:

145.0 cm  (57 1/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Piemonte (Italia)

School:

Piedmontese School

Description

The young Cecilia, smartly dressed, plays the organ while an angel beside her tunes a lute; in Heaven are four little angels singing and playing instruments. On the table are a book of music, a recorder, a cornet and flowers; on the ground, roses.

People as subjects

St. Cecilia

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Organ [2266]
Recorder [4039]
Cornett [3868]
Lute [3394]
Violin [3573]
Transverse flute [4093]

RIdIM images

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. Iconografia musicale nei musei torinesi (Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana (LIM), 2003) 61-63. ISBN 887096373X. RILM 2003-08617.

RIdIM record id

3137