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Clavicémbalo y figuras

Designer Michele Todini Italian
Jacob Reiff Austrian, active Rome
ca. 1670
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 681
Esta caja dorada, una de las muestras más bellas del arte decorativo barroco romano, encierra un clavicémbalo italiano con un registro de cinco octavas de excepcional amplitud. El instrumento formaba parte de la Galleria Armonica de Todini (un museo de instrumentos musicales) en Roma y su descripción figura en el catálogo de 1676. Las figuras laterales, es decir, Polifemo tocando una gaita y la sorprendida Galatea, se exhibían junto con el clavicémbalo delante de un telón de fondo. Polifemo se colocaba delante de una «montaña» que ocultaba unos tubos de órgano, de donde salía el sonido simulado de su gaita. La creatividad de Todini surge del mismo ambiente musical que condujo a la invención del piano en 1700.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Clavicémbalo y figuras
  • Artista: Michele Todini, italiano, bautizado 1616–1689
  • Fecha: ca. 1670
  • Material: Madera, diversos materiales
  • Dimensiones: Caja del clavicémbalo: 299,7 x 96,5 x 37,5 cm
  • Crédito: Colección Crosby Brown de Instrumentos Musicales, 1889
  • Número de inventario: 89.4.2929a–e
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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