Oboe, C
Maker
Jan Steenbergen
Date1725 ca.
Place MadeAmsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on all three joints: [in banner] I:STEENBERGEN / [fleur-de-lis]DescriptionThree-key oboe in stained boxwood. Jan Steenbergen, who flourished in Amsterdam during the first half of the 18th century, was part of a thriving woodwind instrument-making industry in the Dutch Republic. He apprenticed with Richard Haka, the founder of a school of woodwind instrument makers that also included Coenraad Rijkel and Abraham van Aardenberg. A number of modern-day makers have produced copies of Steenbergen oboes because of their suitability for a wide range of music.
DimensionsLength: 571 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Henk Bekker, Goes, The Netherlands.
Published ReferencesJan Bouterse, Dutch Woodwind Instruments and their Makers, 1660-1760 (Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 2005). Includes comprehensive study of extant Steenbergen instruments, including the NMM's example.
“Recent Acquisitions,” America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 25, No. 2
(February 1998), pp. 6-7.
David Schulenberg, Music of the Baroque (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), p. 269.
Credit LinePurchase funds gift of Julie and Chris Bauer, 1997
Object number06089
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