Upright (Lyre) Piano with Pedalboard

A photograph of an upright piano whose tall back rises in the form of a lyre, with curved side arms and five vertical strings across the center. A keyboard sits above two paneled cabinet doors, and a small oval medallion with a carved head is set into the lower back. The scene is shot in grayscale against a plain wall.

Look closer: A small carved head in an oval medallion sits just above the keyboard at the base of the lyre.

Artist

Johann Christian Schleip

Date

1820–44

Medium

Wood, various materials

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

790 × 1418 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889