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Scheffler, Thomas Christian (1699 or 1700-1756) (after a work of)

Ochsenfurth, Isaac von (fl. 1700-1708) (after a work of)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

mid-18th century

Technique / Medium:

oil on board

Place of creation:

Salvador, Bahia (Brasil)

Description

Our Lady (holding a guitar and a trumpet) in the middle of an Earth-Heavenly concert, "conducting" the orchestra of angels (playing harp, flute, shawm and singing) and humans (playing flute, guitar, clavichord and a violone). There are organ pipes and a second trumpet around Our Lady.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446]
Guitar [3237]
Organ [2266] (Only the organ pipes are depicted.)
Shawm [4258]
Guitar [3237]
Violone [3609]
Clavichord [2232]
Transverse flute [4093]
Flute [3955]
Harp [3285]
Trumpet [4446]

Image URLs

image link 1
image link 2

Bibliographic references

Amaral Júnior, Rubem. "Emblemática Mariana no Convento de São Francisco de Salvador, Bahia, e seus Modelos Europeus", Lumen et Virtus 1/3 (December 2010) 122.

RIdIM record id

3244