Bassoon
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Maple, nickel-silver
- Dimensions
- 51 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 2 in. (131.4 × 8.9 × 5.1 cm) Width (With bocal): 11 in. (27.9 cm)
- Origin
- Italian
- Department
- Musical Instruments
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 2003
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Music Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the object as a bassoon, and the image clearly shows a wind instrument intended for musical performance.
Visual Qualities
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Slender Visual · 99%
The instrument is presented as a very tall, narrow vertical form.
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Single Object Visual · 99%
One complete instrument is isolated against a plain gray background.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 96%
Numerous closely spaced keys, rods, rings, posts, and fittings create a finely articulated surface along the body.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog dates the instrument to 1881 and lists its maker as active in the late 19th century.
Geographic Regions
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Italian Art Metadata · 94%
The catalog gives the place of origin as Italian and associates the maker with Naples.
Materials
Antiquities, Artifacts, and Religious Objects
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Musical Instrument Both · 99%
The object is visibly a bassoon with an elongated wooden body, curved bocal, bell, and extensive keywork; the catalog classifies it as a bassoon and double-reed aerophone.
Source & rights
Giosue Esposito. Bassoon. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.