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Beyond being a talented harpist, she had herself depicted in a formal court setting playing the harp. Such is the case in the famous painting by Jean-Baptiste Andr\u00e9 Gaurier d\u2019Agoty (1740-1786), dated 1775, in which the queen is portrayed playing for a restrict number of courtiers.<br \/>\r\nBy the 1780s the harp had become the instrument that all aristocratic and wealthy ladies had to learn how to play, as was so clearly put by Charles-Simon Favart (1710-1792) \u201cLa harpe est aujourd\u2019hui l\u2019instrument \u00e1 la mode; toutes les dames ont la fureur d\u2019en jouer\u201d . Such allusions can be clearly observed in the self-portrait of Rose-Ad\u00e9la\u00efde Ducreux (1761-1802) in which the painter and musicologist, depicts herself playing a very similar instrument to the one we are presenting for sale.<br \/>\r\nAmongst the French court harp suppliers, one particularly stood out; Jean-Henri Naderman (1734-1799) who would become renown for the instruments he built and decorated with fine quality sculptures, subtle gilding and sophisticated lacquered surfaces. One of the most famous harp makers in 18th century Paris, he had opened his business in 1770 at Rue d\u2019Argenteuil and, eight years later, in 1778, he was already producing instruments for Queen Marie Antoinette. In 1787 he moves to new premises at Rue Richelieu.<br \/>\r\nMentioned and highly praised in the memoirs written for the Academie des Sciences et Beaux Arts (signed by M\u00e9hul, Bonec, Charles e Prony, in April 17th, 1805), Naderman\u2019s harps are fairly considered to be the best of their age, both in terms of construction and mechanism.<br \/>\r\nJointly with the composer and harpist J.B. Krumpholtz (1742-1790), he succeeded in improving the simple action pedal harp (the pedal mechanism available to the player, whose function was the tuning of all strings of one pitch-class).<br \/>\r\nHarps produced by Jean-Henri Naderman, with similarities to the one we are bringing to sale, can be seen in various major museums, such as the Palace of Versailles, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Mus\u00e9e de la Musique and the Mus\u00e9e Carnavalet both in Paris, the Museu da M\u00fasica in Lisbon and the Met in New York.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nLiterature: <br \/>\r\nWenonah Milton, Govea - Nineteenth and twentieth-century harpists: a bio-critical sourcebook. 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