Antegnati Virginal
date: label: date made
content: ca 1540
name: label: maker
content: Antegnato, Franceso
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This instrument was made by Giovanni Francesco (Gian Francesco) Antegnati in Brescia, Italy, around 1540. It is a polygonal virginal with a compass of C/E - a3 (original compass was F/G/A - f3), and a disposition of 1 x 8’. The soundboard is made of cypress with a rose carved directly into the soundboard, lute-style, which is characteristic of instruments made by Giovanni Francesco Antegnati. This harpsichord has boxwood naturals and ebony-colored accidentals. The nameboard, probably a later addition or re-inscribed, is inscribed: “ARTUS GHEERDINCK ME FECIT ANNO 1603.”
label: Description (Brief)
content: The separable outer case is painted light blue with floral designs and masks. The interior of the lid is painted with a snow landscape. The instrument rests on a table stand with 4 elaborately carved gilt legs.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Other instruments attributed to Giovanni Francesco Antegnati are in the collections of the Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali, Rome, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Lombardy, Brescia
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Harpsichords
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cooper Union Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.60.1391
label: accession number
content: 227687
label: catalog number
content: 60.1391
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harpsichord
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: harpsichord: 8 1/2 in x 57 1/4 in x 21 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 145.415 cm x 54.61 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: stand: 30 1/4 in x 57 3/4 in x 21 1/2 in; 76.835 cm x 146.685 cm x 54.61 cm