Double keyboard spinnet or virginal invented by Hans Ruckers the Elder of Antwerp, circa 1580. Painted lid shows Apollo and Marsyas in musical competition. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated "The Royal House of Stuart" (1890), "Naval and Military Trophies" (189

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Double keyboard spinnet or virginal invented by Hans Ruckers the Elder of Antwerp, circa 1580. Painted lid shows Apollo and Marsyas in musical competition. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated "The Royal House of Stuart" (1890), "Naval and Military Trophies" (1896), and others.

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Size: 5770px × 4116px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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