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Oboe
Hendrik Richters, c. 1720
Hobo, ebbenhout met ivoren randen.
- Artwork typewind instrument, musical instrument, oboe
- Object numberBK-NM-11430-85
- Dimensionslength 563 mm, diameter 90 mm
- Physical characteristicsebbenhout en ivoor
Identification
Title(s)
Oboe
Object type
Object number
BK-NM-11430-85
Description
Hobo, ebbenhout met ivoren randen.
Inscriptions / marks
mark, above hole 1, between holes 4 and 5 and on the bell flare, stamped: ‘H.RICHTERS’ H.RICHTERS/ [a cloverleaf, the short stem pointing to the left]
Creation
Creation
musical instrument maker: Hendrik Richters, Amsterdam
Dating
c. 1720
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Material and technique
Physical description
ebbenhout en ivoor
Dimensions
- length 563 mm
- diameter 90 mm
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
Purchased with the support of the State of the Netherlands and the Vereeniging van Noord-Nederlandsche Muziekgeschiedenis
Acquisition
purchase 1899
Copyright
Documentation
- Jan Bouterse, 'The oboes of Richters: about methods of research in woodwind instruments - Part 1', FoMRHI Quarterly 126 (2014), Comm. 2000, p. 8-23
- 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
- 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 4: The keys', FoMRHI Quarterly 128 (2014), Comm. 2016, p. 45-54
- 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
- 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
- 'Aanwinsten', Bulletin van de Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond 1, nr. 2 (1899-1900), p. 48-49: 48
- Cecil Adkins, 'Oboes Beyond Compare: The Instruments of Hendrik and Fredrik Richters', Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 16 (1990), p. 42-117
- 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
- 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
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