English Horn
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Wood, ivory, brass
- Dimensions
- Total L.: 63.7 cm (25-1/8 in.)
- Origin
- German
- Department
- Musical Instruments
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Rogers Fund, 1980
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Music Both · 99%
The object is identified by the museum as an English horn in the Musical Instruments department, and the image clearly shows a wind instrument with bored wooden sections and keywork.
Visual Qualities
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Slender Visual · 86%
The long narrow wooden sections create an elongated, slender profile, despite the rounded enlargement of the lower component.
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Bulbous Visual · 91%
The lower component has a pronounced rounded, swollen body, with additional rounded enlargements at several joints.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 87%
The photograph clearly exposes drilled holes, turned collars, contrasting rings, joints, and numerous small metal fittings.
Geographic Regions
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German Art Metadata · 96%
The museum records the place of origin as German and identifies the maker as H. Grenser.
Materials
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Wood Both · 99%
The principal components are visibly wooden, and the museum lists wood as one of the materials.
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Ivory Both · 93%
Pale rings and end fittings are visible on the instrument; ivory is explicitly listed in the museum’s medium description, although the photograph alone cannot identify the material with certainty.
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Brass Both · 94%
Metallic keywork and fittings are clearly visible, and the museum identifies brass among the materials.
Antiquities, Artifacts, and Religious Objects
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Musical Instrument Both · 99%
The museum identifies the object as an English horn, while the image visibly shows a purpose-built musical instrument with finger holes, joints, and mechanical fittings.
Source & rights
H. Grenser. English Horn. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.