Virgin and Child with two musician angels

Piazza, Alberto (1490-1528)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1520
Height:
110.5 cm  (43 1/2 in.)
Width:
55.9 cm  (22 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

    Item location

  • Burrell Collection
    [Museum inv. no.: 35.591]

Description

Mary sits with baby Jesus on her lap while she holds a book. Two angels sit at her feet, one playing a fiddle and the other playing an end-blown trumpet.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ
St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)

Iconclass

11F4212(+3)
Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in front of her, sitting in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (+ angel(s))

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fiddle [3142]
End-blown trumpet [6556]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 2

RIdIM record id

5526

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