Gainsborough was an avid amateur player, and through his extensive correspondence with composer Carl Friedrich Abel, we learn of his love of the instrument, specifically his desire to “take [my] Viol da Gamba and walk off to some sweet Village when I can print Landskips and enjoy the fag End of Life in quietness and ease.”
of the viol is the rabab ( 89.4.403), a bowed string instrument played by the Moors
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Kenneth Moore, Claudia Moser, Rachel Mundy, Yoshinori Munemura, Nazanin Hedayat Munroe
Kenneth Moore, Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Jayson Kerr Dobney.
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Kenneth Moore, Jeffrey Munger, Amelia Peck, Carlos A.
Stand for a Qur’an Manuscript (Rahla) A masterpiece of design, this carved book stand, or rahla, is made from a single slab of teak and is framed by inlays composed of various woods in shades of brown and black
Ekhtiar, Maryam, and Claire Moore, ed. "A Resource for Educators."
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Kenneth Moore, Jeffrey Munger, Miyeko Murase, Morihiro Ogawa, Nadine M.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Kenneth Moore, Jeffrey Munger, Miyeko Murase, Morihiro Ogawa, Nadine M.
Muscarella, Oscar White. 1974. Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection no. 60, Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern.von Bothmer, Dietrich, Carlos A. Picón, Joan R. Mertens, and Elizabeth J
Moore, Mary B. 2004. "Horse Care as Depicted on Greek Vases before 400 B.C.."
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Moore at Tiffany & Co. 2021 Gifts from the Fire: American Ceramics, 1880–1950
