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Oboe
Hendrik Richters, c. 1720
Hobo van gedraaid ebbenhout en ivoor met drie zilveren kleppen, zonder signatuur. Het houtwerk gedraaid als voorgaand, het ivoor, bestaande uit geprofileerd mondstuk, versierd met ingekerfde bundelmotieven ingesnoerd door kraal-ringen, etc. en verder uit drie ringen overeenkomstig bewerkt.
- Artwork typewind instrument, musical instrument, oboe
- Object numberBK-15605
- Dimensionslength 576 mm, diameter 100 mm
- Physical characteristicsebbenhout, ivoor en zilver
Identification
Title(s)
Oboe
Object type
Object number
BK-15605
Description
Hobo van gedraaid ebbenhout en ivoor met drie zilveren kleppen, zonder signatuur. Het houtwerk gedraaid als voorgaand, het ivoor, bestaande uit geprofileerd mondstuk, versierd met ingekerfde bundelmotieven ingesnoerd door kraal-ringen, etc. en verder uit drie ringen overeenkomstig bewerkt.
Inscriptions / marks
mark, on the bell and elsewhere on the instrument, stamped: ‘H.RICHTER’ H.RICHTER/ [clover leaf, stem pointing left]
Catalogue reference
- Cecil Adkins, 'Oboes Beyond Compare: The Instruments of Hendrik and Fredrik Richters', Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 16 (1990), p. 42-117
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 1', FoMRHI Quarterly 127 (2014), Comm. 2000, p. 8-23
- Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, ‘The Rijksmuseum’s Remarkable Collection of Oboes’, The Double Reed 49, 2021, no. 2, p. 92-127: 104, 125, fig. 9
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 6: Acoustical design of the instruments: the bore profiles', FoMRHI Quarterly 129 (2015), Comm. 2022, p. 28-43
- Rob van Acht, 'Niederländische Blasinstrumente, 1670-1820', Tibia: Magazin für freunde alter und neuer bläsermusik 15, nr. 3 (1990), p. 169-185: 183
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Makers of Double Reed Instruments in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries', The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 24 (1996), p. 77-88: 83, 87
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 2: Points of departure, a close look at a boxwood oboe by Hendrik Richters', FoMRHI Quarterly 128 (2014), Comm. 2011, p. 8-15
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 5: Acoustical design of the instruments: lenghts and tone-holes', FoMRHI Quarterly 129 (2015), Comm. 2021, p. 17-27
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instruments, 1670-1820', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 38 (1988), p. 99-122: 118
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 3: Methods for comparing instruments', FoMRHI Quarterly 128 (2014), Comm. 2015, p. 33-44
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 4: The keys', FoMRHI Quarterly 128 (2014), Comm. 2016, p. 45-54
- Jeremy Montagu, 'Instrument plans, books, postcards: Bate Collection, Oxford', FOMRHI Quarterly 68 (1992), p. 6-12: 10
- L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2
Creation
Creation
musical instrument maker: Hendrik Richters, Amsterdam
Dating
c. 1720
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Material and technique
Physical description
ebbenhout, ivoor en zilver
Material
Dimensions
- length 576 mm
- diameter 100 mm
Acquisition and rights
Acquisition
purchase 1944
Copyright
Documentation
- Cecil Adkins, 'Oboes Beyond Compare: The Instruments of Hendrik and Fredrik Richters', Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 16 (1990), p. 42-117
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 1', FoMRHI Quarterly 127 (2014), Comm. 2000, p. 8-23
- Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, ‘The Rijksmuseum’s Remarkable Collection of Oboes’, The Double Reed 49, 2021, no. 2, p. 92-127: 104, 125, fig. 9
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 6: Acoustical design of the instruments: the bore profiles', FoMRHI Quarterly 129 (2015), Comm. 2022, p. 28-43
- Rob van Acht, 'Niederländische Blasinstrumente, 1670-1820', Tibia: Magazin für freunde alter und neuer bläsermusik 15, nr. 3 (1990), p. 169-185: 183
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Makers of Double Reed Instruments in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries', The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 24 (1996), p. 77-88: 83, 87
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 2: Points of departure, a close look at a boxwood oboe by Hendrik Richters', FoMRHI Quarterly 128 (2014), Comm. 2011, p. 8-15
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 5: Acoustical design of the instruments: lenghts and tone-holes', FoMRHI Quarterly 129 (2015), Comm. 2021, p. 17-27
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instruments, 1670-1820', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 38 (1988), p. 99-122: 118
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 3: Methods for comparing instruments', FoMRHI Quarterly 128 (2014), Comm. 2015, p. 33-44
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 4: The keys', FoMRHI Quarterly 128 (2014), Comm. 2016, p. 45-54
- Jeremy Montagu, 'Instrument plans, books, postcards: Bate Collection, Oxford', FOMRHI Quarterly 68 (1992), p. 6-12: 10
- L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2
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