“Coronation of the Virgin with angel concert”, anon. (Ludovico Mazzolino or Michele Coltellini?). Painted between 1502 and 1505. Fresco, Santa Maria della Consolazione in Ferrara, apse.
(1505) - Ferrara: Santa Maria della Consolazione.
instrument: vihuela de arco | century: 16cent/1/early | catalogue nº: 16-116b
Artwork
Creator anon
Medium Artwork: Fresco
Location
City Ferrara | Region Italy | Old kingdom Ferrara
Characteristics
| Body Corners | Strings 4 strings | Neck Short | Pegbox Scroll |
| Bridge Tailpiece | Frets Yes | Back Flat | Pegs Lateral |
| Technique Bowed a braccio |
Commentary
ARTWORK
A pair of angel vihuelists from the “Coronation of the Virgin with angel concert”, anon. (Ludovico Mazzolino or Michele Coltellini?). Painted between 1502 and 1505. Fresco, Santa Maria della Consolazione in Ferrara, apse. Godt (godt1989) reports that the fresco was commissioned by Ercole I d'Este and completed by 1505. Depicted accurately are a vihuela de mano, violone, viola da gamba with an endpin, lira da braccio, viola da braccio, harp, rebec, lute, tenor shawm, tambourine, and a still unsolved canon in the hands of a singer. Less accurately drawn are five more wind instruments and an imaginary “humanistic” instrument.
INSTRUMENT
Shoulder-held vihuela de arco, with cornered waists and c-holes, four strings (according to Godt) a raised fingerboard ending in a scroll fingerboard.