La Madonna in trono, santi e angeli

Lotto, Lorenzo (ca. 1480-1556)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1521

Height:

287.0 cm  (113 in.)

Width:

268.0 cm  (105 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Bergamo (Italia)

Additional titles

Description

Altarpiece, signed and dated "L. Lotus / 1521". An angel plays the triangle among other angel musicians, surrounding the Virgin, Child, and saints.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ

Iconclass

11H
saints
11F42
Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length)
11F6(+3)
Madonna (i.e. Mary with the Christ-child) accompanied or surrounded by others (+ angel(s))
11(+31)
Christian religion (+ angels floating in the air)
11F61
Madonna accompanied by saint(s)
11HH(Catherine of Alexandria)0
the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel - female saint represented in a group
11H(Augustine)0
male saints (Augustine) - male saint represented in a group
11H(Sebastian)0
male saints (Sebastian) - male saint represented in a group
11H(Anthony the Abbott)0
male saints (Anthony the Abbott) - male saint represented in a group
11H(John the Baptist)0
male saints (John the Baptist) - male saint represented in a group
48C7344(TRIANGLE)
other percussion instruments (TRIANGLE)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle [3005]
Cymbals [2451]
Lute [3394]
Psaltery [3677]
Slide trumpet [4443]
Recorder, treble or alto
Recorder, tenor or bass
Fiddle [3142]
Rebec [3202]
Trumpet marine [3519]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Berry, Mark. Index of triangle iconography (Bowling Green, Kentucky: Living Sound Publications, 2017).

RIdIM record id

7141

Data provider

Dr. Mark Berry