Oboe, Johann August Crone, c. 1780

Title(s)

Oboe

Object type

• musical instrument
• wind instrument
• oboe

Object number

BK-2018-14

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘[kroon] / J A CRONE / [bloem]’

Description

Hobo van palmhout met drie rechthoekige messing kleppen en drie ivoren ringen. Het derde gat is dubbel. Gemarkeerd op alle drie de delen: [kroon] / J A CRONE / [bloem].

Artist

• musical instrument maker: Johann August Crone (mentioned on object)

Place

Leipzig

Dating

c. 1780

Material

• kleppen: brass (alloy)
• boxwood
• ringen: ivory

Measurements

length 57 cm
diameter 5.5 cm
diameter 2.5 cm

Credit line

• Gift Han de Vries Collection, Amsterdam

Acquisition

gift 12-Mar-2018

Copyright

Public domain

• The eloquent oboe, Bruce Haynes, p. 73, 86-87, 466
• Hobo d'amore, Han de Vries (hoboïst), cat.nr. 17
• 4900 historical woodwind instruments, Phillip T. Young, p. 52
• Acquisitions, p. 76-79
• Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, ‘The Rijksmuseum’s Remarkable Collection of Oboes’, The Double Reed 49, 2021, no. 2, p. 92-127: 110, 112, 122, fig. 18
• Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, 'The Rijksmuseum to acquire and display the Han De Vries collection of oboes', CIMCIM Bulletin, Jan. 2019, p. 22-24