Assunzione della Vergine

Palma, Jacopo, il vecchio (ca. 1479-1528)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1512-1514

Height:

191.0 cm  (75 3/16 in.)

Width:

137.0 cm  (53 15/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on panel

Description

An angel playing triangle among other angel musicians, surrounding the Madonna. The image is unique in that the triangle is held and played in a left-handed manner.

Iconclass

11G21
angels singing, making music
73E77
the assumption of Mary ('assumptio corporis'): she is borne into heaven by angels

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle [3005]
Lute [3394]
Fiddle [3142]
Trumpet [4446]

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

7843

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