Unknown maker / Spinetta with Case / 1540

Unknown maker
Spinetta with Case
1540
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Creator Name: Unknown
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Name-CRT: Unknown maker
Title: Spinetta with Case
Title Type: Object name
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Creation Start Date: 1540
Creation End Date: 1540
Creation Date: 1540
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Chordophone/plucked/keyboard
Materials and Techniques: Wood, parchment, ivory
Dimensions: L. 57 1/4 in. (145.4 cm); W. 19 in. (48.3 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 53.6ab
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest Fund, 1953
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
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.

AMICA ID: MMA_.53.6ab
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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