Holy figures playing portative organ and harp

Summary

: Holy figures playing portative organ and harp

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Location type : Museum

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: 15

: 1460 -

: Illumination

: Paper / Parchment

: Getty

: Initial H: The Annunciation


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http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/3716/master-of-evert-zoudenbalch-initial-h-the-annunciation-dutch-about-1460/?dz=0.5000,0.3563,0.87


: Ambre Paraire Perron

Performer(s)
  • Performer information
    Type: musician

    Genre: female

    Posture: Stand with the lower half of the body in a flower.

    Comment: The performer is depicted with a halo, indicating that she is a saint. By its strong resemblance to the virgin, we could imagine that it is Marie represented as a musician.

    Instrument information
    Instrument : harp - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 322.21 )
    Hand position: near tailpiece
    Plectrum: no
    Column of harp: curved
    Console shape: indented
    Swan necked: yes
    Soundboard shape: straight
    Placement of pegs: top
  • Performer information
    Type: musician

    Genre: angel

    Posture: Stand with the lower half of the body in a flower.

    Comment: The performer is depicted with a halo, indicating that she is a saint. By its strong resemblance to the virgin, we could imagine that it is Marie represented as a musician.

    Instrument information
    Instrument : organ - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 412.1-8 )
    Type of organ: portative
    Bellows: yes
    Number of bellows: 1
    Number of pipes: 5
    Number of rows of pipes: 1
    Playing mechanism: keyboard
    Number of stops keys: 10