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Description: | Figure scene. St Cecilia seated, facing right, playing portable organ, and looking heavenward while angels and cherubim sing around her. Cecilia wears red and white diaphanous robe clasped with pearls at neck and shoulder, unframed. Has been cut from original frame and remounted. Paste-lined and attached to 4-member stretcher; lining remains sound with puncture and convex dent noted 21 5 cm from top and 50 5cm from right. Appearance poor because of layers of discoloured varnish. Extent of overpaints unknown.
"St Cecilia, a Christian martyr of the 2nd or 3rd century, became established as the patron saint of music in the 15th century. She is frequently, as here, depicted playing a portative organ. The painting was donated to King's College in 1813 by the Aberdeen Musical Society."
Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541
Acquisition source: Aberdeen Musical Society | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1750-1806 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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