Announcement to the shepherds

Bedford Master (active ca. 1405-1465) (attributed to)


Item type:
miniature
Date of creation:
15th century
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
France
School:
French school

    Item location

  • Archivio di Stato di Torino
    [Museum inv. no.: ms J.B.II 21 bis]f. 73r

Description

In a landscape, two male shepherds and a young shepherdess look at the sky where an angel announces the birth of Christ.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746]

Bibliographic references

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

3266