Anges musiciens

Helbig, Jules (1821-1906)

Lefèbvre, Constantin (19th century)

Item type:

mural

Date of creation:

1880-1881

Place of creation:

Tournai

Description

An angel holding a triangle among eleven other angel musicians. Interestingly, the triangle is being held upside-down. The hand is holding the triangle itself, and is not utilizing a method of suspension. Also, there is no beater depicted in the other hand.

Iconclass

11G21
Angels singing, making music
11G
48C7344(TRIANGLE)
48C73411

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle (with rings)
Tambourine [2746]
Fiddle [3142]
Lute [3394]
Psaltery (wing shaped)
Drum [2585]
Harp [3285]
Bell [2381]
Crwth [3495]
Shawm [4258]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

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

RIdIM record id

7842

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