The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Pair of Transverse Flutes

Pair of Transverse Flutes

Date:: mid-18th century
Geography:: Nürnberg, Germany
Medium:: Ivory, silver, wood
Dimensions:: Total L. with longest corps de rechange 62.2 cm: (24-1/2 in.); Embouchure L.: 55.2 cm (21-3/4 in.)
Classification:: Aerophone-Blow Hole
Credit Line:: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 1996
Accession Number:: 1996.13.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 684

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: (Stamped on all sections): IWOBERLENDER - in a left-leaning scroll over large 0 and 1
References

"Recent Acquisitions: A Selection 1995-1996." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (1996), pg. 40, ill.
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Who
Johann Wilhelm Oberlender (3)
What
Metal (59,497)

Silver (14,047)

Bone (6,360)

Ivory (5,389)

Musical instruments (5,240)

Aerophones (2,180)

Flutes (997)

Transverse flutes (125)
Where
Europe (150,419)

Germany (16,008)

Bavaria (994)

Nuremberg (320)
When
A.D. 1800-1900 (80,493)
In the Museum
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Central Europe and Low Countries, 1800–1900 A.D.
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