Cantoria con putti danzanti

Donatello (ca. 1386-1466)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

1433-1439

Height:

348.0 cm  (137 in.)

Width:

570.0 cm  (224 7/16 in.)

Depth:

98.0 cm  (38 9/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

marmo bianco di Carrara e cipollino, oro, pasta vitrea, bronzo; basso e altorilievo, incastonatura, doratura, fusione

Place of creation:

Firenze (Italia)

Additional titles

Description

Three putti are playing short, straight trumpets in single and double forms. Also depicted are two putti holding a tambourine and cymbals.

Iconclass

92D1916(+5)
cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' (+ non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships)
11I1(+5)
groups of prophets, usually holding books or scrolls (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi) (+ donor(s), supplicant(s), whether or not with patron saint(s))
11G21
angels singing, making music
48C753
more than one musician with instrument
48C7352
horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown trumpet (short)
Double trumpet
Tambourine [2746]
Cymbals [2451]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Sonus 1: Firenze, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo. A cura di Barbara Aniello (Firenze: Centro Di della Edifimi srl, 2021) 138-143, cat. no. 19, fig. 19a-c. ISBN 978-88-7038-571-7.

Notes

Cantoria created for the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, or El Duomo, in Florence, Italy.

RIdIM record id

630