The marriage of the Virgin

Signorelli, Luca (ca. 1441 or 1450-1523)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1490
Height:
21.6 cm  (8 1/2 in.)
Width:
48.0 cm  (18 7/8 in.)
framed: 34.6 x 61 x 5.1 cm (13 5/8 x 24 x 2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
tempera on panel

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1961.9.39]

Description

Two men playing lute and psaltery.

People as subjects

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

Iconclass

73A42
marriage of Mary and Joseph, 'Sposalizio': they are married by the high priest

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Psaltery [3677]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3908