Anton Domenico Gabbiani (13 February 1652 – 22 November 1726) was an Italian painter and active in a late Baroque style.
Anton Domenico Gabbiani - Portrait of Three Musicians of the Medici Court - Created: circa 1687.
I musicisti del principe Ferdinando de' Medici, Date: vers 1685, Anton Domenico Gabbiani - Firenze, Galleria Palatina (Museo degli strumenti musicali).
Anton Domenico Gabbiani, Ritratto di medico speziale, 1690
1718, Portrait allégorique de Vittoria Rinuccini by Anton Domenico Gabbiani
Autoritratto di Anton Domenico Gabbiani
Museum of musical instruments, belonging to the nearby Luigi Cherubini Music Conservatory. It houses a series of precious musical instruments from the Medici and Lorraine grand-ducal collections, including a very rare viola built for the great prince Ferdinando de' Medici by the famous luthier Antonio Stradivari.
A l'intérieur de la Galerie de l'Académie de Florence il y a une section entière dédiée aux instruments de musique anciens, y compris certains instruments du luthier Antonio Stradivari et Bartolomeo Cristofori, l'inventeur du piano. Un vrai bijou à découvrir pour les amateurs de l'opéra, du théâtre et de la musique
The Medici Viola
The Medici Viola, also known as the Tuscan-Medici Viola, was built in Cremona by Antonio Stradivari and is dated 1690. It was originally made for the Grand Prince Ferdinando de Medici, fan of music, who had his personal group of musicians. The instrument was rarely played, because it was already obsolete when built: technological progress in musical instruments allowed to have smaller instruments getting the same sound. Many parts of old instruments were replaced with new ones, getting more efficient devices, and this is what makes the Medici Viola rare: it’s completely original.
Medici's Stradivari
https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/cozio-carteggio/stradivaris-medici-quintet-part-2/
Disc:
Albinoni - 12 Concertos, Op.9 | Christopher Hogwood The Academy of Ancient Music
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