Orgelspelande gris

Albertus Pictor (ca. 1440-after 1509)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1485
Technique / Medium:
fresco
Place of creation:
Uppland

Additional titles

Pig playing a positive organ

    Item location

  • Härnevi kyrka
    Located on the south spandrel of the western web in the vaulting of the chancel.

Description

A sow with bristle on her back plays a positive organ. The instrument has seven pipes and seven keys. The pig is symbolizing evil.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Positive organ [2268] (Pig playing a positive organ.)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Barth Magnus, Ingebjørg and Birgit Kjellström. Musikmotiv i svensk kyrkokonst: Uppland fram till 1625 = Musical Motifs in Swedish Church Art: The Region of Uppland up to 1625. Trans. by Michael Stevens (Stockholm: Svenska RIdIM-kommittén; Statens musiksamlingar, 1993) 181-82. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

9