Flauto d'Amore
Object type: Flauto d'Amore
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Martin Metzler
Artist bio: German, active Carlsruhe and London, ca. 1800
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1790–1800
Medium: Boxwood, silver, ivory
Dimensions: L. 72.5 cm (28-1/4 in);  Embouchure L. 65.3 cm (25-1/2 in.)
Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Geography:  Carlsruhe   Germany  
Credit line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, and Gifts in memory of Robert Alonzo Lehman, 1996
Accession year: 1996