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Timpani

Franz Peter Bundsen Hanoverian (German)
1780
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 683
Questa splendida coppia di timpani d’argento fu fabbricata ad Hannover per le guardie reali di Giorgio III, re di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda ed elettore di Hannover, di cui portano l’emblema. A partire dal XVII e fino al XIX secolo, questi tamburi da cerimonia venivano suonati a cavallo, con l’accompagnamento dei trombettieri che guidavano la processione reale. Oggi ne rimangono pochissimi esemplari, poiché molti furono fusi per recuperare i materiali pregiati. Questa è la più antica di quattro coppie costruite per i sovrani inglesi del casato di Hannover (1714-1901). Ci sono pervenute anche le insegne rosse originali che erano avvolte intorno alla parte inferiore dei tamburi.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Timpani
  • Artista: Franz Peter Bunsen, Tedesco, maestro 1754-1795
  • Data: 1779
  • Materiale e tecnica: Argento, ferro, cuoio di vitello, stoffe
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 41 cm, diam. 53 cm, peso 24 kg
  • Crediti: Acquistato, lascito di Robert Alonzo Lehman, Acquisitions Fund e lascito di Frederick M. Lehman, 2010
  • Numero d'inventario: 2010.138.1–.4
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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