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Oboe
Hendrik Richters (1683–1727)
about 1720
Object Place: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Ebony, ivory, silver
Dimensions
Length 56.8 cm (22 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William E. Nickerson Fund
Accession Number1985.705
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionBody of ebony in three sections: top joint, middle joint, and bell. Mounts of turned ivory. Three keys of engraved silver.
InscriptionsStamped on all joints: H RICHTERS / [trefoil]; engraved arebus: [a barrel, a winged hourglass, and a diagonal ladder above a globe surmounted by a cross] (Grasp time and learn to know the world), 'C' touch [Bacchus seated astride a barrel with a glass in hand], on the c' key flap;
ProvenanceBefore 1985, E. van Tright, Berlicum, Holland. By 1985, acquired from source unidentified by Tony Bingham, London, England; 1985, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 23, 1985)
Excerpt from Sonata in G minor, Op. 2, No. 5, 1709–10
Composed by Johann Christian Shickhardt
Performed by Joyce Alper