{"product_id":"15th-century-musical-instruments-and-14th-century-figures-by-a-giroux","title":"15th-Century Musical Instruments and 14th-Century Figures by A. Giroux","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15th-Century Musical Instruments and 14th-Century Figures \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA. Giroux\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\u003eA. Giroux\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA. Giroux del.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and etched by master printmaker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNicolas-Xavier Willemin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1763–1839) (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWillemin sculp.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), this exquisite hand-colored print executed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1866\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a multi-register study of 12th-century musical instruments. The plate organizes seven distinct depictions across three tiers. At the top, under the heading \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstrumens de Musique du XII.me Siècle \/ Portail de Notre Dame de Chartres\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, it illustrates architectural stone carvings from Chartres Cathedral, including a decorated Romanesque harp topped with a stylized animal head, an early figure-eight viell\/vielle, and a small psaltery. The middle tier features three stringed instruments painted in a 12th-century manuscript from the Bibliothèque Impériale (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInstrumens de Musique, peints dans un M.S. du XII.me Siècle, de la Bibliothèque Impériale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). The bottom section details two close-up studies of string configurations and tuning mechanisms from a manuscript preserved in Belgium (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eM.S. N.o 4, Belgique; Dépôt des Cordeliers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). The plate was produced for 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: Has \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eslight foxing, a crease from being folded, and small tears on the bottom edge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54557032317207,"sku":"PR0191-2","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0668\/3607\/0679\/files\/PR0191-2.1.jpg?v=1785247100","url":"https:\/\/antonioraimogallery.com\/products\/15th-century-musical-instruments-and-14th-century-figures-by-a-giroux","provider":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}