Harpsichord
Object type: Harpsichord
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian (Roman)
Artist: Michele Todini|Basilio Onofri|Jacob Reiff
Artist bio: Italian, Saluzzo, Piedmont, bapt. 1616–1690, Rome|Italian, Rome active second half 17th century|Austrian, Freiburg 1627–1700, active Rome 1650–1680
Artist role: Designer|Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|Austrian, active Rome
Date: ca. 1670
Medium: Wood, gilt, ebony, ivory, parchment
Dimensions: Harpsichord: 14 3/4 in. × 9 ft. 10 in. × 38 in. (37.5 × 299.7 × 96.5 cm)
Polyphemus: 50 × 60 × 52 in. (127 × 152.4 × 132.1 cm)
Galatea: 35 × 57 × 47 in. (88.9 × 144.8 × 119.4 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Zither-plucked-harpsichord
Geography:  Rome   Italy  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession year: 1889
Tags: Triton|Galatea|Nymphs|Fish