Spinetta with Case

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MMA_.53.6ab

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MMA_.53.6ab

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

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Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Role:

Artist

crr

Artist

Creator Role

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Unknown Maker

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Unknown Maker

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Spinetta with Case

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Spinetta with Case

Title

false

Title Type:

Object name

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Object name

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

1540

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1540

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1540

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1540

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1540

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1540

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Wood, parchment, ivory

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Wood, parchment, ivory

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Chordophone/plucked/keyboard

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Chordophone/plucked/keyboard

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

L. 57 1/4 in. (145.4 cm); W. 19 in. (48.3 cm)

met

L. 57 1/4 in. (145.4 cm); W. 19 in. (48.3 cm)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

53.6ab

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53.6ab

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest Fund, 1953

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Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest Fund, 1953

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

This spinet was made for Eleonora della Rovere, duchess of Urbino, the daugher of Isabella d'Este. The motto inscribed above the keys means 'I am rich in gold and rich in tone; if you lack goodness, leave me alone.' On the back of this strip is written, 'Ordered and made for Her Excellency the Duchess of Urbino in the year of our Salvation 1540 and paid 250 roman scudi.' This beautifully preserved spinet bears elaborate decoration of certosina work, painting, carving, and intarsia. Dolphins appear in the inlay flanking the keyboard perhaps executed by a German craftsman, and mythological figures make up the carved keyboard brackets. Symmetrical traceries over the keyboard reflect the sound hole's delicate Gothic design.

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<P>This spinet was made for Eleonora della Rovere, duchess of Urbino, the daugher of Isabella d'Este. The motto inscribed above the keys means 'I am rich in gold and rich in tone; if you lack goodness, leave me alone.' On the back of this strip is written, 'Ordered and made for Her Excellency the Duchess of Urbino in the year of our Salvation 1540 and paid 250 roman scudi.' This beautifully preserved spinet bears elaborate decoration of certosina work, painting, carving, and intarsia. Dolphins appear in the inlay flanking the keyboard perhaps executed by a German craftsman, and mythological figures make up the carved keyboard brackets. Symmetrical traceries over the keyboard reflect the sound hole's delicate Gothic design.</P>

Context

false

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Spinetta with Case