Cornemuse
P. Gaillard
mid-17th century
Medium
Ivory, leather, silk
Classification
Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-bagpipe
Culture
French
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number
89.4.865
About the Artist
P. Gaillard
P. Gaillard was a French artist whose life and career remain largely undocumented in major art historical sources, rendering him one of the more elusive figures in 19th- or early 20th-century French painting. While biographical details such as exact birth and death dates, family background, or places of residence are absent from available records, his nationality aligns him with the vibrant artist...