{"product_id":"15th-century-musical-instruments-and-14th-century-figures-by-a-giroux-1","title":"16th-Century Musical Instruments by E.J. Imbard","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16th-Century Musical Instruments by E.J. Imbard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eC.1866\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand-Colored Engraving\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrafted by artist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eE. J. Imbard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eE. J. Imbard del.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and engraved by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePons Sculp.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), this exquisite uncolored print executed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1866\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e illustrates five distinct musical instruments from the turn of the Renaissance. The composition documents early 16th-century instruments drawn from an illuminated manuscript titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProverbes et Adages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in the La Vallière collection of the Bibliothèque Impériale (MS No. 4316). Positioned prominently at the center is a detailed portative organ (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrgue portatif\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) with its keybed, pipe ranks, and rear bellows. Surrounding it are individual studies of a double flute (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Flûte\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), a spiraled hunting horn or oliphant (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCor ou Oliphan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), an early bowed stringed instrument (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSorte de Viole\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), and a plucked lute variant (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuth, sorte de Cistre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). Like the preceding plates, this illustration was produced for Nicolas-Xavier Willemin’s landmark publication \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonuments français inédits pour servir à l'histoire des arts depuis le VIe siècle jusqu'au commencement du XVIIe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreated during the rise of 19th-century Romanticism and the French Gothic Revival, this work forms part of a pioneering effort to systematically record and preserve France's medieval material heritage. Auguste-Xavier Leprince and artists like A. Giroux worked alongside Nicolas-Xavier Willemin to document early French art history and archaeology, with a focus on capturing medieval sculpture, architectural reliefs, and manuscript illuminations. This specific plate holds immense historical importance in organology (the study of musical instruments) and art history; by combining architectural relief details from Chartres Cathedral with manuscript studies from the Bibliothèque Impériale and Belgian archives, Willemin provided invaluable comparative documentation of 12th-century Romanesque instrument design long before the advent of photographic reproduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eH 17 ¼” x 11” W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Toned slightly with age\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54557142941975,"sku":"PR0191-4","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0668\/3607\/0679\/files\/PR0191-4.1.jpg?v=1785248956","url":"https:\/\/antonioraimogallery.com\/products\/15th-century-musical-instruments-and-14th-century-figures-by-a-giroux-1","provider":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}