Grand Piano
Details
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- Dimensions
- Instr. 213cm x 97cm x 29cm Legs 7cm x 7cm x 59cm (X4)
- Origin
- Austrian
- Department
- Musical Instruments
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of Geraldine C. Herzfeld, in memory of her husband, Monroe Eliot Hemmerdinger, 1984
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Music Both · 99%
The image clearly shows a grand piano with a keyboard, raised lid, and visible interior string area; the catalog classifies it as a Grand Piano and a chordophone-zither-struck-piano.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 94%
The keyboard façade includes repeated blue-green inset panels, vertical grille-like elements, linear ornament, and a central circular plaque, producing a strongly decorated appearance.
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Geometric Visual · 90%
The case is structured through rectangular panels, repeated vertical elements, a long horizontal keyboard, and sharply articulated tapered legs.
Time Periods
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18th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog dates the instrument to circa 1790, within the eighteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Austrian Art Metadata · 97%
The catalog identifies the place of origin as Austrian and describes Ferdinand Hofmann as Austrian, working in Vienna.
Materials
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Wood Both · 99%
Wood is the dominant visible material of the case, lid, keyboard surround, and legs, while the catalog specifically lists cherry wood.
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Brass Metadata · 91%
Brass is explicitly listed among the cataloged materials; small fittings and hardware are visible, though their precise composition cannot be established from the image alone.
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Enamel Metadata · 88%
Enamel is explicitly listed in the cataloged medium. The blue-green inset panels are visible, but the image alone cannot confirm that they are enamel.
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Bone Metadata · 86%
Bone is explicitly listed among the cataloged materials, although its location and use are not determinable from the photograph.
Antiquities, Artifacts, and Religious Objects
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Musical Instrument Both · 99%
The object is visibly a complete keyboard instrument, and the catalog identifies its classification as Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano.
Source & rights
Ferdinand Hofmann. Grand Piano. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.