Bass Recorder

Johann Schell

ca. 1700 · Wood (fruit wood), brass, ivory · Musical Instruments

The bass recorder, although seldom played on its own, provided important harmonic and rhythmic support to the recorder consorts popular during the Baroque period. This is one of four surviving bass recorders by Schell, one of the most respected Nuremberg recorder makers of his generation.

Artist

Johann Schell

Date

ca. 1700

Medium

Wood (fruit wood), brass, ivory

Culture

German

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Purchase, Robert Alonzo Lehman Bequest, 2009