Thronende Maria mit Kind, vier hll. Jungfrauen Katharina, Agnes, Apollonia und Barbara und musizierenden Engeln,
um 1440
Material / Technology / Carrier
Eichenholz
Dimensions of the object
85,8 cm
Displayed
Not on display
Acquisition
1827 aus der Sammlung Boisserée
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Kölnisch um 1440, Thronende Maria mit Kind, vier hll. Jungfrauen Katharina, Agnes, Apollonia und Barbara und musizierenden Engeln, um 1440, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/y7GEQk1GPV (Last updated on 19.04.2023)
The Virgin as the Queen of Heaven is holding the Christ Child on her lap, offering him a rose; the Holy Virgin Martyrs and angels surround them. The angels are playing a tabor pipe, drum, shawm, lute, psaltery, fiddle, mandora and triangle. They are inviting the Christ Child to join in. It would appear that the music-loving Cistercian nuns from Mariengarten Convent in Cologne commissioned the artist to interpret the name of their convent in pictorial form.
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