Giovanni Cattini - [ The Recorder Lesson], Dayton C. Miller Collection

after a drawing by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, painter and draughtsman, 1682-1754 (artist notes)

Italian (artist nationality)

engraver (artist role)

Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista, 1682-1754 (original artist)

Recto: l. l.: Jo. Bapta Piazzetta delin. ; l. r.: Joannes Cattini Sculptor Venetus. ; l. c.: Excellentiss. Sebastiano Molin Senat. Ven. / Bonarum Artium Cultori Eruditiss. / in perpetuum observantiae pignus D.D.D. ; l.c.: IX. ; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: 2/? ; u. r.: Ritti / Ap. 1928 / 12.00 ; l. l.: C575/500 ; l. c.: HY ; l. r.: (brown ink) 170 4 / 1042 / 2. (inscription)

Etching. (medium)

Lightly stained corners at upper left, lower left, and lower right. Lined with heavy paper. Two small edge tears, upper left edge and right center edge, mended and supported by paper backing. (condition)

Paul Ritti, Librairie Ritti, Paris, 4 April 1928. (provenance)

Recorder (instrument)

18th century (century)

Exhibition (miller category)

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.

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1700 - 1799

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