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Flute
Johann Friedrich Engelhard (about 1730–1801)
1750–1800
Object Place: Nuremberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Boxwood, ivory, silver
Dimensions
Length 66.4 cm (26 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number1989.136
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
InscriptionsStamped on headjoint and upper and lower bodyjoints: [in scroll: I. F. ENGELHARD] / N; stamped on footjoint: [in scroll: I.F. ENGELHARD]; stamped near upper and lower ends of all adjoining joints: 3; key decoratively engraved with initials "?C"
ProvenanceBy 1970, accessioned as source unidentified to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 22, 1989)
Poco Adagio, from Sonata in A Major for Unaccompanied Flute, 1747
Composed by Carol Phillip Emanuel Bach
Performed by Peter H. Bloom