# Pianoforte

- By: Frères, Erard
- Date: 1808
- Medium: ivory, mahogany (wood), bronze (metal), ebony (wood), gilding (material), spruce (wood), brass (alloy), glass
- Classification: musical instrument
- Dimensions: height 93 cm x width 110 cm x length 225 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Koninklijke Verzamelingen
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-BR-589-A--2f8dabafaa64b6559e1ce727a23dca51)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/kynrM/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland and wife of Louis Napoleon, owned this piano. She was an accomplished musician and composer. This showpiece was destined for the concert hall in the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. After Louis Napoleon abdicated in 1810, the piano remained behind in the palace.