Title: Flauto d'Amore
Object type: Flauto d'Amore
Date: ca. 1790–1800
Culture: German
Artist:  Martin Metzler 
Artist bio: German, active Carlsruhe and London, ca. 1800
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Boxwood, silver, ivory
Dimensions: L. 72.6 cm (28-1/2 in);  Embouchure L. 65.2 cm (25-1/2 in)
Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Credit line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, and Gifts in memory of Robert Alonzo Lehman, 1996
Geography:  Carlsruhe   Germany      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY