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Oboe or shawm
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The oboe was invented by French woodwind instrument makers at the service of Louis XIV. For its distinctive timbre, it was quickly adopted all over Europe into the main body of the orchestra. French instruments were imported to the Dutch Republic where, from about 1680, a prosperous community of makers mainly based in Amsterdam, produced some of the most richly decorated oboes ever made.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHobo of schalmei. c. 1680. Richard Haka. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
