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Espineta pentagonal

1540
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 684
Esta espineta fabricada para Elena della Rovere, duquesa de Urbino, ostenta uma rica decoração de certosina, pintura, escultura e intarsia. Dois golfinhos incrustados, talvez obra de um artesão alemão, ladeiam o teclado e figuras mitológicas esculpidas embelezam seus suportes. Tracerias simétricas com delicado desenho gótico aparecem sobre o teclado e o orifício acústico. O lema inscrito sobre as teclas diz: “Sou rico em ouro e rico em tom, se você não for bom deixe-me em paz”. É um dos instrumentos de teclado mais antigos ainda em bom estado; plectros de penas de corvo tocam as cordas de bronze, criando um tom semelhante ao do alaúde.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Espineta pentagonal
  • Data: 1540
  • Geografia: Itália, Veneza
  • Meio: Madeira, vários materiais
  • Dimensões: 145,4 cm de comprimento
  • Linha de créditos: Compra, legado de Joseph Pulitzer, 1953
  • Número de acesso: 53.6a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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