Oboe
ca. 1730 (made)
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This beautifully carved ivory oboe was made by Giovanni Maria Anciuti of Milan, one of the greatest wind-instrument makers of his day. It was most likely made between 1717 and 1740, the period from which Anciuti's dated instruments survive. Earlier oboes like this example have simple holes bored into them, and only the lower ones are covered with keys, so as to facilitate the natural stretch of the hand. Before the museum acquired this oboe, it formed part of a decorative trophy of old wind instruments that hung on a wall of the Paris apartment of Gioacchino Rossini (1782 - 1868), the great Italian composer of light opera.
On loan to the Horniman Museum.
On loan to the Horniman Museum.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved and bored ivory, brass keys |
| Brief description | Italian (Milan), Anciuti, 1730-1740 |
| Physical description | "Ivory, in three joints, carved with foliage in low relief. Also carved on the bell are six dancing female figures, clothed and unclothed. The top of the upper joint is turned in a vase form as in some other Italian oboes of the eighteenth century, insteadbof in a vase form commoner in other countries. Three brass keys with round key-plates, the C key having a fish-tailed touch. Two double holes, The bell has two vent holes and an internal flage." (Baines, Anthony. Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard insturments. London, 1998, p. 96.) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Anciuti/ F (Inscribed on bell.)
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| Object history | This object formerly belonged to Gioacchino Rossini (1782 - 1868), and formed part of a trophy of instruments that hung on a wall of his appartment in Paris. It was aquired by the South Kensington museum from M, Baur, a Paris-based dealer, for £40 in 1869. In 1977 a report on the instrument with measurements and photographs was compiled by Deirdre Daines, London; a scanned copy is retained on the dept object file. |
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| Summary | This beautifully carved ivory oboe was made by Giovanni Maria Anciuti of Milan, one of the greatest wind-instrument makers of his day. It was most likely made between 1717 and 1740, the period from which Anciuti's dated instruments survive. Earlier oboes like this example have simple holes bored into them, and only the lower ones are covered with keys, so as to facilitate the natural stretch of the hand. Before the museum acquired this oboe, it formed part of a decorative trophy of old wind instruments that hung on a wall of the Paris apartment of Gioacchino Rossini (1782 - 1868), the great Italian composer of light opera. On loan to the Horniman Museum. |
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| Accession number | 1127-1869 |
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| Record created | May 16, 2001 |
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