Oboe
Johann Wolfgang Kenigsperger
(1724–1752)
about 1725
Object PlaceRoding, Germany
Medium/TechniquePearwood, horn, brass
DimensionsLength 57.3 cm (22 9/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1908
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on bell: [bullet] I [bullet] W [bullet] / [bullet] KENIGSPERGER [bullet]; stamped on lower ends of upper and lower bodyjoints: KProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. 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)
