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Harpsichord
circle of Onofrio Antonio Guarracino, c. 1690
- Artwork typekeyboard instrument, musical instrument, stringed instrument, harpsichord
- Object numberBK-2016-14
- Dimensionsheight 96.4 cm x width 241.2 cm x depth 103.3 cm
- Physical characteristicscipressen-, populieren-, sparren- en buxushout, perkament en metaal
Identification
Title(s)
Harpsichord
Object type
Object number
BK-2016-14
Creation
Creation
musical instrument maker: circle of Onofrio Antonio Guarracino, Naples
Dating
c. 1690
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Material and technique
Physical description
cipressen-, populieren-, sparren- en buxushout, perkament en metaal
Dimensions
height 96.4 cm x width 241.2 cm x depth 103.3 cm
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
On loan from the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Copyright
Documentation
- John Koster, Sheridan Germann, John T. Kirk, Stephen Korber, 'Keyboard musical instruments in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston', Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1994, p. 13
- Jeremy Montagu, 'Instrument plans, books, postcards: Bate Collection, Oxford', FOMRHI-Quarterly 68 (1992), p. 6-12: 10
- Grant O'Brien, 'The Single-Manual Italian Harpsichord in the Royal College of Music, London, Cat. No. 175: An Organological Analysis', The Galpin Society Journal 62 (April 2009), p. 55-99, 194-195: 66, 70, 85, 96, afb. 14
- Denzil Wraight, 'The stringing of Italian keyboard instruments c. 1500 - c. 1650. Part Two. Catalogue of Instruments', PhD thesis at The Queen's University of Belfast, 1997, cat. nr. W72
- Denzil Wraight, 'The 1605 Celestini Harpsichord: another misleading Instrument', The organ yearbook : a journal for the players and historians of keyboard instruments, nr. 19 (1988), p. 91-103
- Denzil Wraight, 'Two Harpsichords by Giovanni Celestini', The Galpin Society Journal 46 (Mar., 1993), p. 120-136: 120
- Edward L. Kottick, George H. Lucktenberg, 'Early Keyboard Instruments in European Museums', Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997, p. 164
- Edwin M. Ripin, Denzil Wraight, G. Grant O'Brien, Howard Ferguson, John Caldwell, Howard Schott, William Dowd, 'Early Keyboard Instruments', The New Grove Musical Instruments Series, New York - London: Norton, 1989, p. 19
- A. Annegarn, 'Jaarverslag 1980-1981', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 31, nr. 2 (1981), p. 195-200: 198
- Denzil Wraight, 'The conservation of keyboard instruments', Per una carta europea del restauro: Conservazione, restauro e riuso degli strumenti musicali antichi, Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1987, p. 299-303: 301
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