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Hobo
Also titled Oboe
Richard Haka (London, 1646–1705)
c. 1690 - c. 1700
- Medium
- boxwood, copper (metal), horn (animal material), brass (alloy)
- Classification
- musical instrument
- Dimensions
- length 55.9 cm x diameter 2.6 cm x diameter 5.9 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
The oboe originated in 17th-century France. Dutch instrument makers immediately started making copies of these first French exemplars. In Amsterdam, Richard Haka started producing French hautbois (a name corrupted to oboe) already in 1680. Oboes were made of hardwoods – like boxwood, ebony, fruitwoods – and ivory. The keys were made of brass or, for fancier instruments, of silver.
