Death of the Magdalene

Fontebasso, Francesco (1707-1769) (follower or school of)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

18th century

Height:

52.9 cm  (20 13/16 in.)

Width:

39.2 cm  (15 7/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

pen and brown ink, brush and brown ink, and brown wash, heightened with white, on laid paper

Description

Thirteen angels singing and playing instruments (recorder, shawm, tambourine, keyboard instrument, violin). Some use music.

People as subjects

St. Mary Magdalene

Iconclass

11G21
angels singing, making music
11HH(MARY MAGDALENE)682
St. Mary Magdalene dies in the wilderness, supported by angels

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Recorder [4039]
Shawm [4258]
Tambourine [2746]
Keyboard instruments [2230]
Violin [3573]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4059