Alto flute (flûte d'amour)
Johann Wilhelm Oberlender I
(German, 1681–1763)
about 1720–30
Object PlaceNuremberg, Germany
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, brass
DimensionsLength 73.5 cm (28 15/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1855
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on all joints: [in scroll: I. W. OBERLENDER] / 0; written inside headcap: KRAFFTProvenanceBefore 1809, allegedly owned by Krafft (or Kraft), a cellist for Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809); by 1916, acquired by Francis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
