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Hobo of schalmei
Also titled Oboe or Shawm
Richard Haka (London, 1646–1705)
c. 1680
- Medium
- ebony (wood), silver (metal)
- Classification
- musical instrument
- Dimensions
- diameter 80 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the State of the Netherlands and the Vereeniging van Noord-Nederlandsche Muziekgeschiedenis
- 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 was invented by French woodwind instrument makers at the service of Louis XIV. For its distinctive timbre, it was quickly adopted all over Europe into the main body of the orchestra. French instruments were imported to the Dutch Republic where, from about 1680, a prosperous community of makers mainly based in Amsterdam, produced some of the most richly decorated oboes ever made.
