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    "localId": "98685",
    "label": "Vielle à roue",
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    "id": "98685",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Vielle à roue",
    "description": "The instrumentalist could play melodies on the keyboard that presses tangents against one or more strings. Often there are also multiple drone strings, which give a constant pitch accompaniment to the melody, resulting in a sound similar to that of bagpipes.<br><br>This type of instrument is depicted in several artworks in the CMA collection: 1924.656, 2008.34.2, 1960.20.<br><br>The vielle à roue is also related to the Swedish <em>nyckelharpa</em>, which was featured on the CMA performing arts series in 2017 played by <a href=\"https://www.clevelandart.org/events/music-and-performances/frode-haltli-emilia-amper\"><u>Emilia Amper</u></a>.",
    "date": "1700s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.378",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79485313"
    ],
    "creators": [
        18361
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Musical Instrument"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.378/1918.378_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 74 x 33 cm (29 1/8 x 13 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "France, 18th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1918.378"
}

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    "tec": "wood",
    "tombstone": "Vielle à roue, 1700s. Pajot of Jánzat (French). Wood; overall: 74 x 33 cm (29 1/8 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr., 1918.378",
    "collection": "Decorative Arts",
    "relatedWorks": [
        {
            "id": 106611,
            "description": "The fiddler and the hurdy-gurdy boy, c. 1654–56. Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1684). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1924.656"
        },
        {
            "id": 166604,
            "description": "The Beggars: The Hurdy-Gurdy Player, c. 1623. Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 2008.34.2"
        },
        {
            "id": 136325,
            "description": "Two Beggars Fighting, 1610–20. Jacques Bellange (French, c. 1575–1616). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fortieth Anniversary Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of William Mathewson Milliken 1960.20"
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "Also known as a “hurdy-gurdy” or “wheel fiddle,” this instrument produces sound by a hand crank-turned rosined wheel rubbing against the strings.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "\"Accessions.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 8/9 (1918): 82-85.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 82",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136230"
        },
        {
            "citation": "D. S. M. \"Exhibition of Musical Instruments.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 8, no. 9 (1921): 134-43.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 134-137",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136517"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.378",
    "creditline": "The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr.",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:19:49.716000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.378/1918.378_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 98685,
    "dept": "Decorative Art and Design",
    "coll": "Decorative Arts",
    "med": "wood",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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