Announcement to the shepherds

Marmion, Simon (ca. 1425-1489)


Item type:
miniature
Date of creation:
1460-1465
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment (grisaille technique)
Place of creation:
Flanders
School:
Flemish

    Item location

  • Museo Civico d'Arte Antica (Palazzo Madama, Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: 446/M]f. 60r

Description

In a Flemish landscape, two shepherds look at the sky where an angel holding a scroll 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

3270