The engagement of St. Mary and St. Joseph

Predis, Cristoforo de (ca. 1440-before 1486)


Item type:
miniature
Date of creation:
1476
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
Milano
School:
Lombard school

    Item location

  • Biblioteca Reale (Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: ms Varia 124]f. 33v

Description

In an interior, St. Mary and St. Joseph celebrate their engagement with a priest, St. Anne, St. Joachim and several guests; two musicians play trumpet and shawm.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
St. Joseph (born late 1st century BCE, died 1st century CE)
St. Anne
St. Joachim

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446]
Shawm [4258]

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Riflessi della Milano musicale sforzesca nel codice Varia 124 della Biblioteca Reale di Torino", Music in Art 33/1-2 (2008) 30-37. RILM 2008-06212.

Santarelli, Cristina. “Iconografia musicale nei codici miniati delle biblioteche torinesi”, Miscellanea di studi (Istituto per i beni musicali in Piemonte) 6 (2006) 25-45.

RIdIM record id

3257