Anonymous Single-manual Neapolitan Harpsichord with its new outer case and its new lid painting

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Because the original outer case and lid painting were destroyed by the previous owner, a new case and lid were made.  This photograph shows the instrument before the restoration, being carried out at the present moment, was complete.

 

A new lid painting, similar in style and subject to the painting inside the original lid, was commissioned from Stefano Pessione.  This scene was used as an allegory of Naples:  it represents Naples (the beautiful Andromeda) being rescued by Spain (the handsome Perseus) from the Papal States (the ugly and vicious sea monster)!

 

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