Klavecimbel

This elaborate keyboard instrument is decorated with Mannerist paintings that depict the divine origins of music. The left lid panel shows Apollo surrounded by the nine Muses on Mount Parnassus with Pegasus in the background, while the right panel illustrates the musical contest between Apollo and Pan judged by King Midas. The vibrant red case is further adorned with smaller figures and landscape motifs on its exterior sides.

The imagery links the instrument to the Neoplatonic concept of 'Musica Mundana,' where earthly music mirrors the mathematical harmony of the cosmos. The Judgment of Midas serves as an allegory for the superiority of Apollonian stringed music (representing intellect and order) over the passional, earthly music of Pan's pipes.