Le Paradis

Mera, Pietro (active 1570-1611)


Item type:
painting
Height:
175.0 cm  (68 7/8 in.)
Width:
92.0 cm  (36 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
School:
Venetian School

    Item location

  • Musée Mandet (Riom)
    [Museum inv. no.: CR 79-6-36]

Description

Painting depicts paradise. St. Cecelia playing organ (lower left); harp in upper right corner.

People as subjects

St. Cecilia (Musician)

Iconclass

11S1
representations of celestial paradise (and its inhabitants)
48C753
more than one musician with instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Positive organ [2268]
Harp [3285]

RIdIM images


Bibliographic references

L'art en musique: 30 œuvres di Musée Mandet (Riom, Puy-de-Dôme: Musée Mandet, 1995) 51, cat. no. 21. RILM: 2025-0919.

Notes

Photo by Jo Bayle via L'art en musique: 30 œuvres de Musée Mandet

RIdIM record id

4111