Concert of the angels

Greco, El (1541-1614)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1608-1614
Height:
115.0 cm  (45 1/4 in.)
Width:
217.0 cm  (85 7/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

Η συναυλία των Αγγέλων

    Item location

  • National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum (Athens, Greece)
    [Museum inv. no.: Π.152]

Description

A group of wingless angels making music, including several instruments (viola da gamba, harp, a wind instrument and a keyboard instrument). One angel holds a music score and seems to be singing.

Iconclass

11G21
angels singing, making music

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Viola da gamba [3604]
Harp [3285]
Wind instruments [3730]
Keyboard instruments [2230]

Musical works

illegible music notation

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RIdIM record id

4995