Pianoforte, Erard Frères, 1808

Title(s)

Pianoforte

Object type

• musical instrument
• stringed instrument
• keyboard instrument
• grand pianoforte
• pianoforte

Object number

BK-BR-589-A

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘Erard Frères’
• signature: ‘Antoine Rascalon. Fe. 1808’

Description

Vleugelpiano in Empirestijl, gemaakt van mahoniehout met verguld bronsbeslag en een liervormige stem bij de pedalen.

Artist

• musical instrument maker: Erard Frères
• painter: Antoine Rascalon

Place

musical instrument maker: Paris
painter: France

Dating

1808

Material

• spruce (wood)
• mahogany (wood)
• ivory
• ebony (wood)
• brass (alloy)
• glass
• bronze (metal)
• gilding (material)

Technique

gild

Measurements

height 93.0 cm × width 110.0 cm × length 225.0 cm

Credit line

• On loan from the Koninklijke Verzamelingen

Acquisition

loan 26-Mar-1963

Copyright

Public domain

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