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Pair of Transverse Flutes
Maker Johann Wilhelm Oberlender (the Elder) (German, Nuremberg 1681–1763 Nuremberg)
mid-18th century
- Medium
- Ivory, silver, wood
- Classification
- Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
- Dimensions
- Total Height (with longest corps de rechange): 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)
- Culture
- German
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musical Instruments
- Credit line
- Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 1996
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
