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Music: Excerpt from Sonata in G minor (Op. 2, No. 5) by Johann Christian Shickhardt, 1709/10 (performed by Joyce Alper)
Inscription
Stamped on all joints: H RICHTERS / [trefoil]; engraved arebus: [a barrel, a winged hourglass, and a diagonal ladder above a globe surmounted by a cross] (Grasp time and learn to know the world), 'C' touch [Bacchus seated astride a barrel with a glass in hand], on the c' key flap;
Provenance
Before 1985, E. van Tright, Berlicum, Holland. By 1985, acquired from source unidentified by Tony Bingham, London, England; 1985, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 23, 1985)
Credit Line
William E. Nickerson Fund
about 1720
- Hendrik Richters, 1683–1727
Object Place
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dimensions
Length 56.8 cm (22 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
1985.705
Medium or Technique
Ebony, ivory, silver