Oboe, Jan Steenbergen, c. 1700 - c. 1730

Title(s)

Oboe

Object type

• musical instrument
• wind instrument
• oboe

Object number

BK-2018-77

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘I : STEENBERGEN (in een rol) / [fleur de lis]’

Description

Hobo van palmhout met drie messing kleppen. Het derde en vierde gat zijn dubbel. Er zitten twee gaten in de beker. Gemarkeerd op alle delen: I : STEENBERGEN (in een rol) / [fleur de lis].

Artist

• musical instrument maker: Jan Steenbergen

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1700 - c. 1730

Material

• boxwood
• brass (alloy)

Measurements

length 57 cm × diameter 2.9 cm
diameter 5.4 cm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery

Acquisition

purchase 19-Apr-2018

Copyright

Public domain

• The eloquent oboe, Bruce Haynes, p. 81
• Hobo d'amore, Han de Vries (hoboïst), cat.nr. 9
• 4900 historical woodwind instruments, Phillip T. Young, p. 223
• Loan exhibition of historic double reed instruments, Phillip T. Young, cat.nr. 12
• Dutch woodwind instruments and their makers 1660-1760, Jan Bouterse, p. 161, 427-429, 446, 509-511, 528, afb. 9.24, Qe25-30, Qe32-33
• Acquisitions, p. 76-79
• Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, 'The Rijksmuseum to acquire and display the Han De Vries collection of oboes', CIMCIM Bulletin, Jan. 2019, p. 22-24
• Jan Bouterse, 'Jan Steenbergen and his oboes', FoMRHI Quarterly 111 (Feb., 2009), Comm. 1835, p. 5-15: 6-7, 9-10