Cornet à Pistons in B-flat
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Brass, touch pieces of ivory
- Dimensions
- 7 1/2 × 4 5/8 × 15 1/2 in. (19.1 × 11.7 × 39.4 cm)
- Origin
- French
- Department
- Musical Instruments
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2002
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Music Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the work as a cornet, and the image clearly shows a brass wind instrument with a bell, mouthpiece, valves, and coiled tubing.
Subject Matter
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Group of Objects Visual · 97%
The photograph presents the assembled cornet together with an open case and multiple separated tubes, slides, and other components.
Visual Qualities
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Shiny/Glossy Visual · 98%
Strong specular highlights and reflections are visible across the bell, curved tubing, valves, and detached components.
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Curvilinear Forms Visual · 98%
The instrument and detached parts are dominated by rounded, looping, and continuously curved tubing.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the instrument to 1833.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 94%
The catalog gives the place of origin as French and identifies the maker as Courtois frères.
Materials
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Brass Both · 99%
The catalog specifies brass, and the instrument and its detached components visibly have polished golden metallic surfaces consistent with brass.
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Ivory Metadata · 88%
The catalog lists touch pieces of ivory as part of the medium. The image does not allow those small components to be identified confidently.
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Wood Visual · 94%
The exterior of the open case visibly has a brown wood-like surface and grain. This observation applies to the case and does not establish that the case is part of the cataloged medium.
Antiquities, Artifacts, and Religious Objects
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Musical Instrument Both · 99%
The object is classified by the catalog as a cornet à pistons and an aerophone-lip vibrated horn; the photograph visibly presents a musical instrument with associated parts.
Source & rights
Courtois frères. Cornet à Pistons in B-flat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.