{"product_id":"15th-century-musical-instruments-and-14th-century-figures-by-eustache-hyacinthe-langlois","title":"15th-Century Musical Instruments and 14th-Century Figures by Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15th-Century Musical Instruments and 14th-Century Figures \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEustache-Hyacinthe Langlois\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \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\u003eThis delightful hand-colored engraving, executed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1866\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is divided into two distinct illustrative registers documenting medieval music and performance history. The upper section displays six standalone 15th-century musical instruments copied from an illuminated manuscript of Vincent de Beauvais’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiroir Historial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (MS 6731), depicting a lute, a Gothic harp, a bowed fiddle, a portative organ, a straight pipe, and a psaltery. The lower section depicts two costumed 14th-century figures playing stringed instruments alongside decorative neck fittings, copied from two medieval \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibles historiaux\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e manuscripts (MSS 6703 and 6819) held in the Bibliothèque Impériale. Designed and drawn by the French draftsman, writer, and antiquarian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEustache-Hyacinthe Langlois\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1777–1837) (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eE. H. Langlois del.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and engraved by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNicolas-Xavier Willemin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1763–1839) (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWillemin sculp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), this plate was originally created 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. Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois was an influential figure in early French art history and archaeology, celebrated for his dedication to documenting Normandy’s medieval architecture, stained glass, and manuscript art. This specific plate holds immense historical importance in organology (the study of musical instruments) and art history; by meticulously copying details from landmark medieval manuscripts in the Bibliothèque Impériale (now the Bibliothèque nationale de France), Langlois and Willemin created invaluable documentation of medieval musical performance and instrument design decades before the invention of photographic reproduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\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: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003every slight foxing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54557005807895,"sku":"PR0191-1","price":155.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0668\/3607\/0679\/files\/PR0191-1.1.jpg?v=1785246049","url":"https:\/\/antonioraimogallery.com\/products\/15th-century-musical-instruments-and-14th-century-figures-by-eustache-hyacinthe-langlois","provider":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}