Announcement to the shepherds

Unknown (Flemish)


Item type:
miniature
Date of creation:
late 15th century
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
Flanders
School:
Flemish

    Item location

  • Biblioteca Reale (Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: ms Varia 88 (Book of Hours of Jean of Estoutville)]f. 36r

Description

In the background of a landscape with a castle, three shepherds and a young shepherdess with a lambkin in her arms, receive from an angel the announcement of the birth of Christ; in the edge of the scene are flowers, animals and fantastic creatures.

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

3278