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Oboe, C
Maker: Johann Wilhelm Oberlender II
Date: 1735-1750 ca.
Place Made:Nuremberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedOn all 3 joints: [fir tree] / [on a scroll:] I. W. OBERLENDER / [below the scroll] O
DescriptionA three-keyed oboe in stained maple or fruitwood. Oberlender came from one of the foremost families of woodwind instrument makers in Nuremberg.
DimensionsLength: 574 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1988 from Christie’s Auction House, London, England. Previously owned by Baron Armand van Zuylen, Liege, Belgium.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 1988
Not on view
Published ReferencesPhillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p. 171.
Object number: 04240