Glorification of the Virgin

Geertgen tot Sint Jans (ca. 1460-ca. 1490)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1490

Height:

26.8 cm  (10 9/16 in.)

Width:

20.5 cm  (8 1/16 in.)

Description

Chapter Twelve of the book of Revelation speaks of the appearance in the heavens of a women clothed with the sun, "the moon under her feet and upon her head a crown of twelve stars". Rings of angels circle the Virgin. Here we can see nearly all the instruments of the period: lutes, violas, double shawm, trumpets, drums, bells, horns, bagpipes, and hurdy-gurdies. Jesus has a bell in each hand.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Viola [3561]
Shawm [4258] (Double shawm or two shawms played by the same person)
Trumpet [4446]
Drum [2585]
Bell [2381]
Horn [4118]
Bagpipe [3746]
Hurdy-gurdy [3305]
Organ [2266]
Dulcimer [3644]
Sistrum [3042]
Triangle (with rings)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Ember, Ildikó. Music in painting: Music as a symbol in Renaissance and Baroque painting. Trans. by Mary and András Boros-Kazai (Budapest: Corvina, 1984) plate 14. ISBN 9631317234. RILM 1984-6813.

RIdIM record id

3451