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Pianoforte
Frères, Erard, 1808
Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland and wife of Louis Napoleon, owned this piano. She was an accomplished musician and composer. This showpiece was destined for the concert hall in the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. After Louis Napoleon abdicated in 1810, the piano remained behind in the palace.
- Artwork typevleugel, keyboard instrument, musical instrument, stringed instrument, pianoforte, grand pianoforte
- Object numberBK-BR-589-A
- Dimensionsheight 93.0 cm x width 110.0 cm x length 225.0 cm
- Physical characteristicsmahoniehout, vurenhout, ebbenhout, ivoor, messing, beschilderd en verguld glas, verguld brons
Identification
Title(s)
Pianoforte
Object type
Object number
BK-BR-589-A
Description
Vleugelpiano in Empirestijl, gemaakt van mahoniehout met verguld bronsbeslag en een liervormige stem bij de pedalen.
Inscriptions / marks
- signature: ‘Erard Frères’
- signature: ‘Antoine Rascalon. Fe. 1808’
Catalogue reference
- Michel Robin, 'Antoine Rascalon décorateur de pianos-forte d'apparat', L'estampille / l'objet d'art 377 (2003), p. 70-82: 82
- J. Sprenkels-ten Horn, 'De pianoforte "en forme de clavecin" van Hortense, koningin van Holland', Antiek 21 (1986), nr. 5, p. 291-296
- Michael Latcham, 'Towards a new history of the piano', München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Katzbichler, 2019, p. 324, afb. 154
- Michael Latcham, 'Pianos and Harpsichords for Their Majesties', Early Music 36, nr. 3 (Aug. 2008), p. 359-396: 372
- Tilman Skowroneck, 'Beethoven the Pianist', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 91
- Edward L. Kottick, George H. Lucktenberg, 'Early keyboard instruments in European museums', Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997, p. 165-166
- Michael Latcham, 'The Check in Some Early Pianos and the Development of Piano Technique around the Turnof the 18th Century', Early Music 21, nr. 1 (feb., 1993), p. 28-38, 41-42: 33, 41, afb. 9
- Christopher Clarke, 'Erard and Broadwood in the Classical era : two schools of piano making', Musique. Images. Instruments. Revue française d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale 11, 'Le pianoforte en France 1780-1820' (2009), p. 111-115, 122-125
- Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, 'Storia del pianoforte dalle origini ai nostri giorni', Il pianoforte, a cura di Ala Botti Caselli, Torino: EDT, 2018, p. 1-74: 50-51, Tav. 16
- Thierry Maniguet, 'Le piano en forme de clavecin Érard', Musique. Images. Instruments. Revue française d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale 11, 'Le pianoforte en France 1780-1820' (2009), p. 83, 96
- Michael Latcham, 'The development of the Streicher firm of piano builders under the leadership of Nannette Streicher, 1792 to 1823', Das Wiener Klavier bis 1850, Wien: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 2007, p. 43–71: 62-63
- Michael Latcham, 'The development of the Streicher firm of piano builders under the leadership of Nannette Streicher, 1792 to 1823', Pianos for Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven: change and contrast. Selected essays by Michael Latcham, München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Katzbichler, 2016, p. 231-313: 280, voetnoot 102
- Michael Latcham, 'The "clavecin roïal" of Johann Gottlob Wagner in its eighteenth-century context', Geschichte und Bauweise des Tafelklaviers, Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag (Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis), 2006, p. 127–184: 159
- Derek Carew, 'The mechanical muse: the piano, pianism, and piano music, c.1760-1850', Routledge, 2017, p. 114
- Tilman Skowroneck, 'Beethoven's Erard Piano: Its Influence on His Compositions and on Viennese Fortepiano Building', Early Music 30 (2002), nr. 4, p. 522-538: 537
- Michael Latcham, 'Musical instruments in the history of furniture: the pianos of Ferdinand Hofmann', Pianos for Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven: change and contrast. Selected essays by Michael Latcham, München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Katzbichler, 2016, p. 413-445: 426-429, afb. 9
- Michael Latcham, 'Sounding change: the pianos of Anton Walter', Pianos for Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven: change and contrast. Selected essays by Michael Latcham, München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Katzbichler, 2016, p. 447-503: 492, voetnoot 42
- Helen Schretlen, 'Muziek en muzikanten aan het hof van Lodewijk Napoleon', Lodewijk Napoleon: Aan het hof van onze eerste koning 1806-1810, red. Paul Rem en George Sanders, Walburg Pers, Zutphen, 2007, p. 94-105, afb. 90
- Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, 'De fortepiano van Lodewijk Napoleon. Muziekschatten in het Rijksmuseum', Oude Muziek Magazine 2020, nr. 2, p. 8-9
Creation
Creation
- musical instrument maker: Frères, Erard, Paris
- painter: Antoine Rascalon, France
Dating
1808
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Material and technique
Physical description
mahoniehout, vurenhout, ebbenhout, ivoor, messing, beschilderd en verguld glas, verguld brons
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 93.0 cm x width 110.0 cm x length 225.0 cm
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
On loan from the Koninklijke Verzamelingen
Copyright
Documentation
- Michel Robin, 'Antoine Rascalon décorateur de pianos-forte d'apparat', L'estampille / l'objet d'art 377 (2003), p. 70-82: 82
- J. Sprenkels-ten Horn, 'De pianoforte "en forme de clavecin" van Hortense, koningin van Holland', Antiek 21 (1986), nr. 5, p. 291-296
- Michael Latcham, 'Towards a new history of the piano', München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Katzbichler, 2019, p. 324, afb. 154
- Michael Latcham, 'Pianos and Harpsichords for Their Majesties', Early Music 36, nr. 3 (Aug. 2008), p. 359-396: 372
- Tilman Skowroneck, 'Beethoven the Pianist', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 91
- Edward L. Kottick, George H. Lucktenberg, 'Early keyboard instruments in European museums', Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997, p. 165-166
- Michael Latcham, 'The Check in Some Early Pianos and the Development of Piano Technique around the Turnof the 18th Century', Early Music 21, nr. 1 (feb., 1993), p. 28-38, 41-42: 33, 41, afb. 9
- Christopher Clarke, 'Erard and Broadwood in the Classical era : two schools of piano making', Musique. Images. Instruments. Revue française d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale 11, 'Le pianoforte en France 1780-1820' (2009), p. 111-115, 122-125
- Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, 'Storia del pianoforte dalle origini ai nostri giorni', Il pianoforte, a cura di Ala Botti Caselli, Torino: EDT, 2018, p. 1-74: 50-51, Tav. 16
- Thierry Maniguet, 'Le piano en forme de clavecin Érard', Musique. Images. Instruments. Revue française d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale 11, 'Le pianoforte en France 1780-1820' (2009), p. 83, 96
- Michael Latcham, 'The development of the Streicher firm of piano builders under the leadership of Nannette Streicher, 1792 to 1823', Das Wiener Klavier bis 1850, Wien: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 2007, p. 43–71: 62-63
- Michael Latcham, 'The development of the Streicher firm of piano builders under the leadership of Nannette Streicher, 1792 to 1823', Pianos for Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven: change and contrast. Selected essays by Michael Latcham, München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Katzbichler, 2016, p. 231-313: 280, voetnoot 102
- Michael Latcham, 'The "clavecin roïal" of Johann Gottlob Wagner in its eighteenth-century context', Geschichte und Bauweise des Tafelklaviers, Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag (Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis), 2006, p. 127–184: 159
- Derek Carew, 'The mechanical muse: the piano, pianism, and piano music, c.1760-1850', Routledge, 2017, p. 114
- Tilman Skowroneck, 'Beethoven's Erard Piano: Its Influence on His Compositions and on Viennese Fortepiano Building', Early Music 30 (2002), nr. 4, p. 522-538: 537
- Michael Latcham, 'Musical instruments in the history of furniture: the pianos of Ferdinand Hofmann', Pianos for Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven: change and contrast. Selected essays by Michael Latcham, München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Katzbichler, 2016, p. 413-445: 426-429, afb. 9
- Michael Latcham, 'Sounding change: the pianos of Anton Walter', Pianos for Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven: change and contrast. Selected essays by Michael Latcham, München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Katzbichler, 2016, p. 447-503: 492, voetnoot 42
- Helen Schretlen, 'Muziek en muzikanten aan het hof van Lodewijk Napoleon', Lodewijk Napoleon: Aan het hof van onze eerste koning 1806-1810, red. Paul Rem en George Sanders, Walburg Pers, Zutphen, 2007, p. 94-105, afb. 90
- Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, 'De fortepiano van Lodewijk Napoleon. Muziekschatten in het Rijksmuseum', Oude Muziek Magazine 2020, nr. 2, p. 8-9
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