Harpsichord
Medium
Wood, gilt, ebony, ivory, parchment
Dimensions
Harpsichord: 14 3/4 in. × 9 ft. 10 in. × 38 in. (37.5 × 299.7 × 96.5 cm) Polyphemus: 50 × 60 × 52 in. (127 × 152.4 × 132.1 cm) Galatea: 35 × 57 × 47 in. (88.9 × 144.8 × 119.4 cm)
Classification
Chordophone-Zither-plucked-harpsichord
Culture
Italian (Roman)
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number
89.4.2929a–e
Tags
About the Artist
Michele Todini|Basilio Onofri|Jacob Reiff (Italian|Italian|Austrian, active Rome) · 1616 |1650 |1650 –1690 |1700 |1700
Italian, Saluzzo, Piedmont, bapt. 1616–1690, Rome|Italian, Rome active second half 17th century|Austrian, Freiburg 1627–1700, active Rome 1650–1680